3 Life hacks to increase motivation

​We have numerous ways of meeting the need of motivation depending upon our beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, intentions, and efforts just to name a few. If you are someone who engages in a

​task willingly as well as work to improve your skills, chances are you are what we deem as intrinsically motivated, which is being more internally driven by an interest or enjoyment in the task itself which exists from within rather than external pressures or desire for reward.
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Then there’s extrinsic motivation which is the performance of an activity in order to achieve a particular outcome, this could be through winning a sport, or rewards for completion of a task etc, this motivation comes outside of ones self.

​So let’s say there is a task you don’t feel intrinsically motivated by, just how can you change your experience to want to do, what you don’t feel you want to do?

i.e. if you hate running but know that you should do it in order to assist in a weight loss outcome etc. If this is the case then you can set a reward for your effort of when you meet a certain target in your training i.e. when you can run for 10 minutes non stop, or can reach a certain distance in a certain time frame etc.
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This along with mindset work to reframe and retrain how you approach that task at the ready will help to increase your intrinsic motivation making you more inclined to do the activity. I have seen my clients many of times transform the very thing that may have been of challenge in the past to soon become a strength they never knew you had, and better yet ENJOY what used to be deemed too hard basket.

When you feel like quitting, think about why you started...

Follow these 3 life hacks to get your motivation moving:

• Be clear on what it is that you are trying to achieve 
  ​This will assist you in knowing the exact actions needed to be undertaken rather than procrastinating and waiting, you will not only increase your productivity, you will also reduce stress and feel in control of your life...
• Keep the end in mind
  This will assist you in powering through the challenges that can present as you move towards your goals. By maintaining focus on what you desire as an end result will keep you motivated throughout your journey as well as keep your mindset in check throughout this time, seeing you increase your motivation which causes the flux from desire to will.
• Have fun...
  If it's no longer fun then create ways to make it fun, life's too short to be too serious all of the time lol... Put on your favorite tunes whilst your churning out your end of month reports, or have a good laugh with colleagues whilst getting the job done, even a coffee with a friend can do wonders for the soul.
  Truth is we are only here once, live it and love it (even the hard parts can bring out what we are really made of) so make the best out of every situation that you can, and remember how blessed you really are to be here right now, so why wait, give it all you’ve got.

Here’s to taking action and making it happen!
It's your time, make it count,
Nicole x.

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