Setting goals and finding the necessary motivation to accomplish them.

1. Motivating Yourself

2. Setting Goals - Categories
• Physical
• Financial
• Spiritual
• Career
• Family
• Mental
• Social

3. Setting Goals
• Make sure it is something you want (doesn’t just
sound good)
• Can’t be in conflict with other goals or your values
• Realistic and achievable
• Specific and measurable
• Short- and long-term steps
• Written down with deadlines

4. Motivating Yourself
• Put plans on paper. Spell out goals and specific ways
to reach them.
• Break the goal down into small pieces so that you
have no excuse for not starting it.
• Establish checkpoints so you can check on your
progress.
• Remind yourself of the benefits you expect from
completion of the goal.

5. Motivating Yourself
• Avoid temptation by deliberately avoiding
circumstances that might sidetrack you.
(GET STARTED, don’t stall.)
• Take advantage of energy peaks, those periods of
the day when you are habitually in top form.

6. Motivating Yourself
• Take risks. Don’t be afraid to try new methods.
• Set deadlines and hold yourself to them.
• Make an honest distinction between “I can’t” and “I
don’t want to.”

7. Motivating Yourself
• Decide how you want to start. What needs to be
done first?
• Use self-signaling devices…notes, cues, reminders.
• Recognize conflicts and make a choice. Don’t let
inertia set in.
• Give yourself the right to make mistakes. No one is
perfect.

8. De-Motivating Others
• Using fear
• Thinking that what motivates me, motivates others.
• Not recognizing that supporting others’ motivation is
a process, not a task.

9. How To Help Motivate Others
• Find out what motivates others
• Reinforce when you see progress
• Celebrate achievements