1. How to
Recognize
Your !
Motivation
Wave!
By Sharleen Tu!

2. How do we go from this:

3. To this??

4. Wait.
What’s a
Motivation Wave*?
*term
coined
by
Dr.
BJ
Fogg;
for
more
informa7on,
check
out
www.bjfogg.com

5. Sometimes, motivation is high

6. Sometimes, motivation is low

7. But let’s focus on how we can
harness the high motivation

8. First, how do we
recognize when our
wave is high?

9. High Motivation
Indicators

10. High Motivation Indicators
Willingness Are you willing to
Energy exert effort without an
Persistence
Optimism external force?
Confidence
Purpose
Excitement
Inspiration

11. High Motivation Indicators
Willingness
Energy How much of yourself
Persistence are you putting into
Optimism
Confidence your work?
Purpose
Excitement
Inspiration

12. High Motivation Indicators
Willingness
Energy
Persistence Are you determined?
Optimism Do you get back up
Confidence even after a minor
Purpose
Excitement setback?
Inspiration

13. High Motivation Indicators
Willingness
Energy
Persistence Do you look forward
Optimism
Confidence to what your future
Purpose holds? Are you
Excitement thinking positively?
Inspiration

14. High Motivation Indicators
Willingness
Energy
Persistence
Optimism
Confidence Do you have faith in
Purpose your abilities to
Excitement achieve your goal?
Inspiration

15. High Motivation Indicators
Willingness
Energy
Persistence
Optimism
Confidence
Purpose Do you feel a sense of
Excitement purpose that you are
Inspiration
and have been
working towards?

16. High Motivation Indicators
Willingness
Energy
Persistence
Optimism
Confidence
Purpose
Excitement Are your activities
Inspiration making you happy?

17. High Motivation Indicators
Willingness
Energy
Persistence
Optimism
Confidence
Purpose
Excitement Have you been
Inspiration inspired? What
inspires you to keep
pushing forward?

18. So, as you make your way to the top
of the wave…..
Willingness
Confidence
Persistence
Excitement
Inspiration
Optimism
Energy
Purpose

19. You might recognize that only one
of your indicators is present…
Willingness
Confidence
Persistence
Excitement
Inspiration
Optimism
Energy
Purpose

20. You might sense several are there…
Willingness
Confidence
Persistence
Excitement
Inspiration
Optimism
Energy
Purpose

21. They might gradually build up…
Willingness
Confidence
Persistence
Excitement
Inspiration
Optimism
Energy
Purpose

22. Or they could all be present in
varying intensities.
Willingness
Confidence
Persistence
Excitement
Inspiration
Optimism
Energy
Purpose

23. But regardless of which indicators
are present…
Willingness
Confidence
Persistence
Excitement
Inspiration
Optimism
Energy
Purpose

24. And which are stronger…
Willingness
Confidence
Persistence
Excitement
Inspiration
Optimism
Energy
Purpose

25. The closer you get to the top…
Willingness
Confidence
Persistence
Excitement
Inspiration
Optimism
Energy
Purpose

26. The easier it will be to successfully
achieve your goals!!
Willingness
Confidence
Persistence
Excitement
Inspiration
Optimism
Energy
Purpose

27. Key Takeaways

28. When our motivation increases, our high motivation
indicators increase too.
Motivation
Increases Increases
Willingness Confidence
Energy Purpose
Persistence Excitement
Optimism Inspiration

29. When high motivation indicators increase, they help
sustain and further increase our motivation.
Motivation
Increases Increases
Willingness Confidence
Energy Purpose
Persistence Excitement
Optimism Inspiration

30. Now that you can recognize
when your motivation wave
is reaching the top, you can
harness your motivation.

31. When your
motivation is highest,
you know you can
push yourself to
accomplish the most.

32. Thanks for viewing!
Contact me:
Sharleen.tu@stanford.edu
Sharleen Tu
Stanford University
Student in BJ Fogg’s Behavior Design Class