What drives you? the secret to motivation. When you understand your values and their impact on how you are currently motivating yourself you will have a wonderful insight into why you should achieve the results that you do in life.

1. Mastering Motivation- Simple tips that will help you out
In life we need energy to live, to exist and to do things with our life and with others. Yet
sometimes we can miss life through talking ourselves out of it.
Motivation is a set of thinking strategies or processes that we run for ourselves... Did you notice
what you just read? '...That we run ourselves! What does this mean? It means that we are
responsible for how motivated or not we are! It means there is no point looking to another to
provide motivation for us; in fact it is impossible for another person to motivate us, only we can
decide what is or is not motivational to us. Therefore, motivation is one of the driving forces
behind human behavior. It fuels competition and sparks social connection. Below are some of
the motivational tools that will work for you.
Inspire yourself
This is how people like Peter Jackson or James Cameron or Stephenie Meyer inspire
themselves. They make the movies or write the books that impress themselves first. They
connect their passion to the work and they don’t depend on other people setting the bar. Their
internal bar becomes their drive.
Connect to your values.
This is the ultimate secret. If you can connect the work you do to your values, even in small
ways, you can change your game.
Shift to past, present or the future
Sometimes you need to be here, now. Sometimes, the right here, right now sucks. The beauty
of shifting tense is you can visualize a more compelling future, or remember a more enjoyable
past.
Take action.
Here’s a secret that once you know it, can change your life. Action often comes before
motivation. You simply start doing an activity and then your motivation kicks in.
Change your question.
Sometimes you need to change your focus. To change your focus, change the question.
If you ask yourself what’s wrong with this situation, of course you’ll find things to complain about.
Ask yourself what’s right about the situation and you can quickly find the positives and get your
groove on.
Play to your strengths.
Spending too much time in your weaknesses wears you down. Spending more time in your
strengths helps you renew your energy and find your flow. Strengths are the place where you
can grow your best. Find the things that you can do all day that you really enjoy and find

2. excuses throughout your day to do more of that. Success builds on itself and this helps you
build momentum. Try out the motivation techniques to see what works for you.
If it is your motivation strategy that is causing you challenges, identify which part of the strategy
is causing the problem and then use one of the following techniques to assist you to change it. If
you are not motivated because:
● You feel overwhelmed, break the goal down into smaller steps and do them one at a
time.
● You are only using 'away from' motivation, identify where you are aiming and focus upon
the positive outcomes of attaining it.
● You feel obliged to pursue the goal, either accept the goal is not for you and let it go or
focus upon the positive outcomes you will get from achieving the goal.
● You are scared, identify what could go wrong and what you would do if it did.
Bottom line
If you understand your values, you will understand what motivates you and why. If you discover
whether you are using towards or away from motivation in different areas of your life, you will
have answers for why some parts of your life are successful and others are not. If you use one
of the above techniques to overcome common motivation problems... and you take action... you
should be on your way to success!
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