Staying Motivated

How do you stay motivated during stern times? How do you stay motivated when the wolf man is at the door? How do you stay motivated when life challenges keeps push you down the rungs on the ladder of life? In fact, how do you stay motivated when you’re constantly fire fighting?

A Motivational Speaker, and/or Life Coach may be tempted to say, use auto suggestion to change your mind set, picture yourself happy, in a happy place, or they may give you a pep talk to bust you up for 30 minutes before you come crashing down again.

The fact of the matter is that sometimes we are so battle fatigued, battle scared, battle smashed that we exist in a state of numbness, which if not addressed will lead us into Victim Thinking and we start hating those whom we believe have it good.

Friedrich Nietzsche, said “even the strongest have their moments of fatigue”; Sun Tzu, in the Art of War says, “the finest weapons, if repeatedly used will be dulled”; the point being made is that sometimes we have to stop our current activity and take a rest, stop our current activity and enjoy what we have at the moment, stop our current activity and engage in some regenerative exercise.

Yes, I know, the mortgage has to be paid, the kids have to be taken care of, the deadline for that report is looming; yes, they must be taking care of, 1 Timothy 5:8 makes it Biblically clear; Yet finding time to have a Private Moment, to recharge your batteries, so to say, ensure that you are always Battle Ready.

What does it mean to have a Private Moment? Time set aside for you, for you to:

Remember who you are
Do some of the things you use to do before you became, mum, dad, project manager etc।
Review and reflect on why you are doing what you are doing
Reward yourself for those small victories; it helps to fuel you and builds momentum
Experience beauty in the little pleasures; you’d be surprised how an unrushed cup of tea, can change one physiology, which helps to re- script the mindset

These activities in your private moments will help ignite your intrinsic motives and give you that internal motivational spark that you need to help you stay focused and motivated.

Peace Peace