How do I get motivated?
Personally, I spend months of my time focusing on the topic (of motivation) in an attempt to learn what I can do to consistently be in a motivated state, dripping with enthusiasm. Although I'm still in the process of "getting motivated", since I haven't quite learnt exactly
how to get motivated (to a degree that satisfies my crazy standards... I expect it's going to take me another 2 years or so to master it to a decent degree).
It sure has taken a while (lots of ready-aim-fire-Bzzzt! You fail! Try again!
), but I'm finally making some progress. Suffice to say it has something to do with your paradigm, your beliefs, your thoughts/focus, your emotions, your preferences, and desire. Although I believe it's also a very personal process that one has to go through, but that said, I do think there are many common "check points" that would be universally applicable to everyone and only different by degree, not essence.
When I have sufficiently tested my findings to a degree that satisfies me (which will mean lots of testing) and I am able to extract the essence of what I know and apply it to anyone and have them reap results from it, I’ll probably write a book or something because most of the resources/info available about motivation really suck (motivation is dependant on many highly interrelated things, not just one particular method).
But anyway, the point of my post is that, from my experience, getting to the point where you can consistently turn motivation on like a switch and move effortlessly and enjoyably towards results is really, really hard. I think if you’re interested in making progress with something like this you have to respect the magnitude of the challenge and be willing to invest enough energy into it until it eventually folds and says “ok, it looks like s/he’s serious... let him/her through”.
In other words, don't expect this to be a quick fix thing. Be prepared to throw lots of resources (time, money, people, etc) at it in order to win.
Read 50 books on the subject,
journal about your experiences,
overhaul your belief system, but most of all,
have patience with yourself,
play to win (in all senses of the term, including
Playing to Win: Not Playing to Win) and
don't give up! (Those are all valid links to good articles, by the way.)
As a fellow participant in the process, I'm rooting for you!
