Lesson two: Motivation needs to be a commitment, a philosophy and a choice, not an emotional state. I consider myself to be a highly motivated person, but I often don't feel motivated. I have made the choice to be a motivated individual. I walk into a room to do a presentation and I have already made a commitment and a decision to be personally motivated and publicly motivating.
This is how it works for me:
(1) I choose to be motivated.
(2) I behave motivated, even if I don't feel like it, with my body language, communication, energy, and attitude.
(3) Usually within a short period of time, I start to feel genuinely different - excited, positive, and happier. Not only am I behaving motivated, but I'm also feeling motivated.
Tony Robbins calls this “changing state.” Various experts call it different things, but my experience is that if people genuinely make the effort to do this, it works. Not everyone agrees with my thoughts on this subject and that’s okay. I know what works for me and many others I've worked with, so I teach what I know to be true. Some people believe I oversimplify complex issues. I believe some people overcomplicate simple issues.
Want to be motivated? Then behave like you're motivated, talk like you're motivated, and make the decision to be motivated, irrespective of how you're feeling. This doesn't mean you can't have a bad day or be down; it simply means that most of the time, you're doing what most people won't - by choice.
Lesson three:
Don't make emotional or reactive decisions when it comes to creating forever results.
Spur of the moment, reactive, and emotion-based decisions rarely result in life-long change. Make sure your motivation, your passion, and your emotion are all attached to a sensible and logical plan which factors in the frailties of the human condition - that is, our ability to run hot and cold.
Some people consider motivation to be something that's almost beyond our control: we either have it or we don't on a given day. I believe it's something we have complete control over. Motivation is choice.
I choose to be motivated. I choose to be a motivator. I choose to create my own internal reality. I choose to be motivated, even on the bad days. I choose to keep doing, even when I don't feel like it.
These are my thoughts. Let us know yours.
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