50 Ways to Motivate Yourself Slideshow (Without Audio)

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Welcome to the "50 Ways to Motivate Yourself" Slideshow

Feeling stuck? Tired? Need an energy boost?

* You don’t need willpower.
* You don’t need a motivation video.
* You don’t need a nap.

You need to motivate yourself.

Click “START” to find a great way that works for you.

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*The slides appear in random order, so come back often for fresh motivation.
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* In this slideshow, your jobs, duties and projects are called “tasks.”

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1 pick one thing to do

Pick ONE Thing To Do

● Briefly think of all the steps you need to take.
● Pick one you should do first.
● Focus on it until you feel ready and willing to do it.

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Get Creative

● If you could build or invent anything at all, what would you create?
● If you created such a thing, would it fire you up?
● If it could also boost your success, go for it!

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Pretend to Be Motivated

● Simply act as if you're fired up.
● Create and feel a surge of energy.
● Keep pretending until you are motivated.

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Be Passionate

● Make a list of all the tasks you need to do.
● Pick one that you can become passionate about.
● Turn on the passion!

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Lift a Finger

● Start the task by lifting just one finger.
● Make another hand gesture to continue starting the task.
● Move your hands until you are doing the task.

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Smile

● Think about the task and smile.
● Keep smiling as you think about the first step you'll take.
● Make your smile bigger and bigger until you start.

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Laugh

● Consider a difficult task you need to do.
● Now laugh at it.
● Laugh again and again until the task seems easy.

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Take Control

● If you could control anything and everything about the task, what would you control?
● Imagine you can now control it.
● Enjoy the daydream until you're fired up.

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What's the Feel-Good Prize?

● Which positive feeling will you have once you complete the task?
● Pretend you're now done with the task and enjoy the feeling.
● Let that good feeling energize you to do the task.

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Consider the Best/Worst Cases

● Think about the worst thing that might happen if you do the task.
● Think about the best thing that might happen if you do the task.
● Go back and forth between these two ideas until you feel motivated to do it.

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Skip the Hard Part

● Think about most difficult part of the task.
● Is there a way you can skip that part and still do the task?
● If not, how can you can make that part easier to do?

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Who Will Know?

● Once you complete the task, who'll know what you did?
● What do you think they'll say?
● What will they like most about your accomplishment?

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Play the Game

● Turn the task into a game by expanding the three parts of a game.
● First, list the purposes, barriers and freedoms of the task.
● Now add more purposes, barriers and freedoms until you feel excited to play.

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Be an Angel

● If you have any harmful intentions behind your task, you kill your motivation.
● See if you have negative intentions like revenge or hate or harm to somebody.
● Replace those with positive purposes, like improving your life or helping someone or expanding your influence.

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Ignore the Resistance

● If someone opposes you or upsets you or tries to block your success, stop fighting them.
● Instead, ignore them or leave them or treat them like toddlers.
● Then focus on prospering as never before.

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Be Honest

● You ruin your motivation by lying, cheating or stealing.
● Covering up dishonest acts also wastes valuable time and energy.
● Instead, be honest and face the facts, and your energy surges.

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Accept Unfairness

● Does any part of the task seem unfair to you?
● If so, you ruin your motivation by being angry or fighting against reality.
● Instead, accept the reality of the unfair situation, suck it up and do it anyway.

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Don't Wait

● Are you waiting for someone or something to motivate you?
● If you are, stop wasting your time as you can only rely on yourself.
● Decide to be the best person to motivate you and then do it right now!

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Pivot

● If your plan is not working, stop and switch to a new path.
● Keep your goal, but work out a different route.
● Find new steps that are more interesting to you and go for it.

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BE Then DO

● Before you start a task, figure out the best hat or identity for the job.
● Put on that hat and BE who you need to be.
● Once you're completely BEing that person, you'll be ready and willing to DO the task.

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Countdown

● Before you start a task, do a countdown from 10.
● Say to yourself, “10 . . . 9 . . . 8 . . ." and so on.
● When you hit "0," blast off!

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Block Distractions

● Prepare a distraction-free space.
● Get organized so nothing will hurt your focus.
● Then give the task 100% of your attention and begin.

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Be Controllable

● Does part of the task require you to be controlled or influenced?
● If so, relax and let it control you while you focus on the parts you should control.
● Your success depends on you being influenced and controlled, at times.

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Toughen Up

● If the task seems too hard, get tougher.
● Instead of pulling back, DOUBLE the challenges of the task, and push your limits.
● Be a more powerful person than ever before.

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Face Fear

● If you're afraid of a task, you need to dive in and face it.
● Of course, you might fail or be tortured, but you won't die.
● Squint your eyes, show your teeth and go for it.

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Prepare

● If you're not sure how to do the task, do more preparation work.
● Do more research, work on your plans, increase your knowledge and so on.
● Once you're fully prepared, you'll know exactly what to do.

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Reignite Your Purpose

● If your purpose has failed, get over it.
● Fire up your purpose and use more determination this time.
● Be strong and make it go right.

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Find the Joke

● What is funny about the task?
● What about the task might make you laugh?
● Enjoy the humor of the task and get to work!

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Stretch

● Stretch your feet, legs, shoulders, fingers and neck.
● Stand up and raise your arms as high as you can.
● Shake your fists until you're ready to go for it.

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Clean Up Your Thinking

● Ignore everything that ruins you mood.
● Disconnect from “the news,” social media and people who aggravate you.
● Focus instead on the importance and value of your work.

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No Stupid People

● Remove anyone on your team who do not actually do their jobs nor help you in any way.
● Even though they seem friendly, they frustrate you and waste your time with their pathetic performance.
● You're better off working alone.

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Be Realistic

● If your task is too big or too challenging, you may feel overwhelmed and get nothing done.
● Instead, take small easy steps that chip away at the big task.
● Progress is progress, no matter how small your steps might be.

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Build a Cathedral

● Instead of feeling bored by your small tasks, like laying hundreds of bricks, remember the big picture.
● Line up your small tasks to match your goals.
● Get motivated by envisioning your cathedrals.

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Be your BFF

● Be your best friend at all times, forever.
● Handle, or ignore any reasons why you criticize yourself, and love yourself anyway.
● Pat yourself on the back, smile at yourself and give yourself a big hug, and then get busy.

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Generously Reward Yourself

● Write down an awesome reward for completing your task.
● Whenever you slow down, remember the prize you'll be getting.
● Keep your promise to both give and accept your reward.

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Solidify Your Wins

● Record each of your successes and the details of how you did it.
● Share them, display them and review them often.
● Use these records to help you create NEW winning streaks.

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Ignore Your Losses

● On a piece of paper, write down everything that goes wrong.
● Then burn it, shred it or flush it down the toilet.
● Now go for some wins.

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Generate Clean Energy

● First, get your attention into present time.
● Next, close your eyes and create clean cheerful energy in and around yourself.
● Then build up that energy until you're enthusiastic and motivated.

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Love the Task

● If you hate the task, your energy is low.
● If you love the task, your energy is high.
● So find things to love about your task until you're ready to go.

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Dive In

● If you try to get out of a task you're responsible for, you'll be miserable.
● If you resist any part of the task, you'll be unmotivated.
● So accept responsibility and dive into the task with everything you've got, and you'll be much happier.

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End on a Win

● While working on a task that's not going well, don't end as you may not want to return.
● Instead, keep working on the task until you're happy with your progress.
● You'll return with energy and optimism.

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Assume Success

● Act like your success with the task is 100% certain.
● Behave as if you have no doubts.
● Regard the task like it's easy as ABC.

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Connect with Winners

● Just as negative people can reduce your motivation, positive people can help fire you up.
● Make a list of Super Performer “Big Beings” who are more successful than you.
● Find ways to work with them, support them and learn from them.

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Learn from Failure

● Highly-successful people not only win more often than most people, they fail more often than most people, and they learn valuable lessons from each failure.
● Each time you have a loss, find the priceless lessons you can take from the loss.
● Take advantage of these lessons by using them to go for the win.

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Reword Your Purpose

● Write down the purpose of your task and then revise the wording until it fires you up.
● Make sure your purpose doesn't include revenge, self-destruction or harm to good people.
● Follow purposes that are beneficial, that line up with your goals and that make you proud.

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Keep a List

● Create your own personal list of motivation tips.
● Every time you feel fired up, write down how you motivated yourself.
● Then, whenever you need to get fired up, use your list.

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Change the Game

● If the task is actually easy, but the conditions surrounding the task are bad, you may need to change the game.
● Move to a better location, change your job, join a different group, switch careers, or whatever else you need to change.
● Get into a game that you love and unleash your potential!

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Get Sharper

● The more you drink or use drugs, the less motivation you can generate.
● Simple pain killers and some medications can also impede your ability to think and stay sharp.
● Make your purpose more important than using chemicals to feel good.

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Make Up Any Damage

● As you power your way through a task, you might unintentionally hurt people.
● If you then avoid responsibility, give excuses or blame others for the damage, your motivation dies.
● Instead, accept responsibility, make up the damage and move on.

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Consider the Penalties

● What happens if you fail to do the task?
● Use your imagination to see what could happen to you.
● Then, review the rewards for making it go right until you're fired up.

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