Do you wonder HOW DO I MOTIVATE MY LAZY SELF, then these self motivation strategies and skills are for you. Learn how to motivate yourself…

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Most of us always try to find answers to questions related to self motivation and personal motivation. Quite often we ask such questions to ourselves.

How to motivate yourself everyday, asks everyone.

How to motivate yourself for studies, ask students.

How to motivate yourself for weight loss, asks person who is overweight.

How to motivate yourself to workout, asks a fitness enthusiast.

How to motivate yourself when you are depressed, asks who is going through a tough phase in life.

How to motivate yourself to achieve your goals, asks someone who wants grow in life.

How to be self motivated at work. asks employee or professional.

How to motivate employees, asks employer.

How to be self motivated all the time?

How to be a self driven person?

and so on…

Haven’t you?

I believe that’s what you are here for 🙂

This means people like you and I, feel that self motivation is important. Therefore, you might ask yourself ‘how to be a self driven person and change my life’.

Before we start, let me tell you. This is not just another article with some self motivation strategies and techniques.

It is a detailed 101 GUIDE on How To Keep Yourself Motivated In Life. And if I say you are getting a FREE COURSE in the form of a blog article, then I may not be wrong.

You may find many courses online on Udemy, Coursera or any similar platform, but this guide has been taken from my Amazon Best Selling Book Rewire For Massive Success. And it is truly based on personal experience through rough patches of life.

So, whatever you will find here, will be actionable self motivation skills which you can develop and deal with personal motivation issues once and forever.

Are you excited to explore this guide and become a self motivated person?

So, let’s begin.

Frequently Asked Questions About Self Motivation

How To Motivate Yourself To Do The Impossible?

Step #1 How To Motivate Yourself – Setting Up The Right Foundation For A Long Term Game

1.1 Unleash The Biggest ‘WHY’“

He who has a WHY to live can bear almost any how.” ~Fredrick Nietzsche

Remember a time, when you had to prepare for a job interview, you had a deadline to meet, or your loved one was in need.

Weren’t you super-productive at that time?

Did you need anything else to motivate you to work?

Why was it so?

Because you had a clear purpose, a Big WHY!

But we rarely create a Big WHY for our daily routine and that’s the major reason why people search for motivation from the outside. If you can give the same sense of purpose to your daily life, believe me, you are set to do wonders.

Learn how to find your purpose and passion in life, it will help you push through any kind of challenges.

1.2 How To Find The Biggest WHY?

For that you need to ask multiple “Whys” to reach the ultimate root, the big-enough reason which can drive you. That big-enough reason which is impossible for you to ignore.

It is like an onion. You peel off the layers one by one till you reach the core.

Ask at least 5 Whys.

Contemplate about it, find top 3 reasons, write it down in your journal, make it your wallpaper in your cellphone/laptop, or stick it on the wall of your room.

Keep it at a place where you can see it frequently and etch it across your mind.

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If you are able to find that one big-enough reason, it will have the ability to take you through any kind of challenge and the toughest of times.

If you really want to motivate yourself and stay motivated, you need a big enough “WHY”, because it is going to be tough, uncomfortable and painful, otherwise you might quit mid-way.

Once you have that big-enough reason, it will push you through any kind of adversity and you will succeed.

If you want to explore more about how to find your WHY, you can read this book “Find Your Why” by Simon Sinek.

1.3 Follow Your Biggest Rituals“

Rituals define us. All the results in your life come from a standard. And then you follow the standard up with rituals.” ~Tony Robbins

As discussed earlier, motivation won’t take you far but a well-set system will.

Establishing certain rituals or habits into your life will ensure that you make progress on your goals and passion.

Bryan, CEO Founder of PhCreative, shares in his article on Inc.com how some of the world’s most successful people like Steve Jobs, Tony Robbins, Oprah kick start their day with amazing morning rituals.

Rituals prepare you not for the good times but for the tough times so that you stay strong and keep moving in the direction of your vision and dreams.

Anybody can work in favorable circumstances, but when things go wrong, when the going gets tough, it is the power of your rituals which will push you through.

That’s the power of habit.

But how will you find out which habits to develop or rituals to start with?

So, I’m making this easier for you.

Here’s a simple framework you can use to identify your rituals or success habits. It is from my Amazon Best Selling Book ‘Rewire for Massive Success’.

It is called P.M.P.

P – Physical Fitness Ritual

“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” ~Jim Rohn

You need to take care of your physical well-being because this is the only asset you have. This is one of the main ingredient for your success. There are a lot of benefits of regular exercise.

Any practice or activity which keeps you physically fit and active can be your physical fitness ritual. There could be a number of activities which you can choose from.

To name a few, these could be jogging, yoga, cycling, gym, playing sports, walking, rope skipping, etc.

Select an activity that suits you, your body, and your daily routine.

Devote at least 30-45 Mins every single day for this ritual, either morning or evening, but do it religiously.

It will not only make you physically fit and energetic, but will also increase your productivity throughout the day.

I won’t be explaining much as a lot of information is already available about it on the internet and various self help books.

I read this one book and incorporated some of the tips which I found very effective. It’s “The Athlete in You” by Kinita Kadakia Patel, an award-winning sports nutritionist who works with leading sports teams, organizations, and schools.

You can also check out her blog for more information about how nutrition plays a crucial role in maintaining your overall fitness.

M – Mental Fitness Ritual

“The mind is just like a muscle – the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets and the more it can expand.” ~Idowu Koyenikan

This ritual is about keeping your mind relaxed and calm. It is as important as your physical fitness.

Both are interlinked. If you feel physically good, your state of mind will also become better and if you’re mentally relaxed, you will feel more energy in your body.

It is a balance between the two that you need to maintain.

For this, you don’t need to do something extraordinary. You just need to spend some time with your own self during the day. If you can do that in the morning, it will be great. I’ll share some of the activities which you can try. For this, devote at least 15-20 minutes.

• Meditation

• Mindfulness practice

• Sitting quiet and introspect:

And when you do this exercise, journal your experiences and whatever insights you get.

I found this massive guide on how to practice mindfulness by S.J. Scott on his blog DevelopGoodHabits.com. If you want to learn more about Mindfulness Practice, you can check it out.

P – Power Booster Ritual

Or you can also call it your ‘Daily dose of motivation’.

As discussed earlier, that motivation doesn’t last long. Like you have to take your meals at regular intervals, similarly, take your dose of motivation.

Power Booster Ritual is something which gives you an instant boost. It motivates you and fills you with the energy to take on anything. It is something that touches your heart, shakes you up a bit and re-energizes you to take action.

What I used was a compilation of various talks.

For you, it could be your favorite talk, song, poem, motivational speech, some inspirational audio, story, etc.

Choose such audio to which when you listen, it goes deep in your heart and gives you goosebumps.

It thrills you and gives you hope that you can do anything you wish to do.

It must be something that helps you throw away your fears and limiting beliefs. It must give you a positive mindset.

If you try to recall, you must have listened to at least one such audio which makes you feel this way.

That one song from your childhood memories which still brings a smile on your face no matter what kind of mess you are in.

You must have heard that one story which inspires you to the highest level.

You must have listened to at least one such speaker whose speech had touched your soul and you had said, ‘Wow!’

Why wait for such tools to motivate yourself by coincidence?

Why not use them to motivate yourself each day, so that you never run out of that amazing energy?

Thoughtfully select such audio and listen to it every single day.

You can listen to it while you are working out.

Or listen to it while you travel.

Or listen to it when you wake up.

Or listen to it before you sleep.

Choose a time and listen to it at least 2-3 times a day, initially. Within 1 month, you will see the magic happening.

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Step #2 How To Motivate Yourself – How To Boost Your Self Confidence To Get Through Daily Struggles Of Life?

Once you are able to identify your WHY and establish some kinds of rituals or habits into your life, it becomes relatively easier to stay motivated for your goals.

In your daily life, you will face many struggles which might lower your motivation level and you don’t wish to continue.

It happens with everyone. It happens with me too, till today.

How you can overcome that?

If you’ll ask me how do I overcome that on a daily basis, then…

below are some of the practices I follow to reduce the impact of such distractions.

2.1 Declutter to Stay Laser Focused

“Don’t ever let somebody tell you, you can’t do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do somethin’ themselves, they wanna tell you, you can’t do it. If you want somethin’, go get it. Period.” ~Most famous quote from movie “The Pursuit of Happyness”

These distractions could be useless activities you do, toxic people in your life or your own limiting thoughts. Identify those distractions and remove them brutally. It will help you remain laser focused.

Removing such distractions from your life is the best way to stay focused and increase productivity.

For removing limiting thoughts and toxic people from your mind, you can do this activity.

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Take out a piece of paper from your journal and write down:
• All the fears, negative thoughts and situations that you have faced at some point or the other in your life and you had to struggle with them the most
• Name of persons who always pull you down, stop you from moving forward and induce negative energy, no matter what you do
-People who always thrust their opinions on you about what you can or cannot do
-People who try to judge your capabilities and put labels on you
Just write that down on a piece of paper, all of it. Take a couple of minutes to think and write it.
Pick this paper in your hands, close your eyes and visualize all of that you have written in front of your eyes.
Bring all the anger in you with which you would like to remove all those distractions out of your life.
What would you want to do when you are super angry with someone?
Imagine slapping, punching, and shouting. With that level of anger, just tear down the paper into pieces. Tear it down into the tiniest of the pieces with all the anger and energy you have. Imagine kicking all that out of your life permanently. Phew! Done it? Great!

How are you feeling right now? Observe the change you have in your energy and willpower.

Assimilate it. Let it percolate deep inside you. Keep this attitude to deal with such distractions in your life and protect your growth and dream.

Other distractions you need to remove from your life are the activities which take away your precious time on a daily basis.

For removing such activities, you need to be aware of where you spend your time. At least at the end of the day, revisit your day and make a note of activities where you spent your time.

And such distractions happen especially when you are including something new into your life.

Suppose, you are installing a new habit to jog every day. What kind of distractions can prevent your change to be sustainable and how you can protect it?

You might have distractions from your friends, you might be abstaining from waking up early in the morning due to laziness or you might be sleeping late at night because you were busy watching TV series or movies on your laptop, or had spent a lot of time on social media checking out what your friends are up to. You might be taking a very heavy meal before you sleep.

What are these?

These are nothing but the pests which will eat away the seed of change you want to sow in your life. Due to these pests, you won’t be able to continue your new habit to jog in the morning.

These distractions bring your motivation level down.

Then most of the people quit.

If you really want your change to be permanent and fruitful, you need to identify such harmful elements and ruthlessly throw them away.

These distractions happen in a moment. You just have to take care of those moments. The action you take in that particular moment will either boost your energy or drain it further. So, just take the right action in that moment.
>> When you think of hitting the snooze button in the morning to get that extra 15 minutes of sleep, choose to get up from the bed.

>> When you feel the craving to blame someone else and feel good, then take the onus on yourself, take the responsibility and move forward.

>> When you are tempted to check your smartphone to see how many likes or comments you have got on your recently uploaded pics, keep your phone away and focus on something more important.

>> When your friend asks you to eat something which is not according to the diet you have chosen for yourself, say no.

>> When someone ridicules your dreams and passion which lets you feel inferior about yourself, just ignore it and move on.

There can be a number of such moments in your daily life by which you get distracted, waste your time and energy, and move away from your path, which tends to eat away your seed of change.

It’s YOU who has to decide what to do at that moment because only you can do that. Only you have that power with you until you give that control to someone else.

2.2 Keep the Entry Barrier Low

Start small to build self-confidence, self-esteem and feel good about yourself.

It will not only help you to motivate yourself but also stay motivated every single day. There is magic in starting small.

The biggest mistake I did when I started working for my health and fitness, I expected too much.

I planned that I would wake up at 5 am and work out for 1-2 hour.

Imagine a situation, when you have not done any such thing in the past and suddenly you plan to do it.

What will happen?

You may or may not be able to do it. And when you fail, what happens?

You get demotivated and you stop doing it.

But when you keep your entry barrier very low, you start to make progress and build self-confidence gradually. So, keep it as low as possible and gradually increase the level.

It will help you to maintain continuity, motivation and your hunger for more.

For example: if you have to start a daily routine of exercise or gym, start with a small 5-10 minutes of body stretches each day for 20-30 days.

When you are able to continue that, increase the time and level of exercise you do.

You can apply this logic anywhere in your life and become better with time.

2.3 Progress Each Day To Build Momentum

Consistency is another crucial thing that you need to care about.

Make progress every single day. No matter how small it is, it will help you become better each day.

While working on my blog, it happens with me too, that on some day, I’m not able to do a lot of work due to various reasons.

Therefore, I make sure that I do something every day, even if it is a very small task like searching for a new topic for future articles, sharing my article link to Facebook groups, writing a small piece, making some changes in my blog, updating my existing article, etc.

Gustavo Razzetti, CEO @ liberationist.org, explains the power of making progress every single day in his article on The Ten Percent Advantage: How to Make Progress Every Day.

Making progress every day helps me to stay connected and look at myself with confidence. It keeps me in the game and I feel motivated to do more.

But if you break that consistency, after some days you will lose interest and you will be more likely to quit.

If you are doing a full-time job, working on your passion with a job could be a daunting task and sometimes you will not feel like doing it.

Sometimes, you might have planned for a 3 hours slot to work on your passion but you are left with just one hour because you got late or you simply wasted your time in relaxing for too long or some useless activity.

Now the choice is with you, either to waste that one hour you are left with by repenting on the two hours wasted or just get up and make some progress in that one hour.

You will come across such situations a many times, no matter whether you are working a full-time job, a student, a homemaker or a freelancer.

Whenever it happens, you need to handle it wisely.

Remember, some progress is always better than no progress at all. It helps in building momentum on a daily basis.

2.4 Look Back And Remind Yourself Why You Started

Here is how your biggest WHY helps you.

Whenever you feel low on motivation and find yourself clueless, remind yourself of your biggest WHY for which you started in the very first place.

The bigger your why will be, the easier it will be for you to overcome such phases.

Even I face such situations, then I revisit my biggest WHY and it pumps me up with new energy.

Step #3 How To Motivate Yourself – How To Handle Failures And Setbacks To Bounce Back?

3.1 Make Up Your Mind

Setbacks or failures should not be surprises for you.

When you start working on something, understand that you might face a failure too and that should not be a shock for you.

Make up your mind how you are going to handle your setbacks so that when it comes, it is not a surprise for you and you know how to get through this.

It is not about making a Plan B or doubting your capabilities. Sometimes, there could be circumstances due to which you might fail. But you have to decide how you are going to respond to it.

It is about understanding that even if you fail, that will be an opportunity to learn. That is how you have to make up your mind.

3.2 Be Gentle, Kind And Compassionate Towards Yourself

The first thing you do when you fail is to curse yourself. Please don’t do it.

Nobody makes an attempt to fail, everybody wants to succeed. And you too did it to succeed.

It’s fine if you failed. Be gentle to yourself. Show some compassion for yourself. Appreciate that you tried.

Take this time to revisit and find what went wrong. Learn from it, improve it and give another attempt.

Step #4 How To Motivate Yourself – How To Handle Success To Rise Even Higher?

4.1 Be Grateful

When you achieve success in whatever you are doing, be grateful to whatever you believe in.

It’s easy to get carried away and become arrogant but it won’t help you. Success must bring humility, not arrogance.

4.2 Success Might Feel Different From How You Thought Of

Sometimes, success doesn’t feel the way you thought about it.

When I wrote my book ‘Rewire for Massive Success’, I had put a lot of efforts to make it best selling book on Amazon. I thought when it will happen, I’ll be happy and it will be a great achievement.

But when my book finally became Amazon Best Seller after a continuous struggle of more than one year, the feeling wasn’t the same as I expected. I felt the rush for some time but then I felt clueless.

For a couple of months, I struggled and kept asking myself “So what?”, “What next?”

It took me some time to figure out what to do next. And then I came up with this blog ‘Selfhelpiness.com’ with a much bigger vision. I also developed a new concept of Selfhelpiness Quotient so that one can look beyond IQ and EQ. (Check out your SQ if you haven’t)

Success comes with excitement and immediately leaves you in a dip if it is based on some external factor.

It’s like an amazing party night you had with friends and the next day you are in a hangover.  Eventually, you will be successful in whatever you are doing but the more difficult part is when you get it, how to build on that.

And you will not be able to do that unless you have your goals beyond materialistic things. Your goals, your passion must be intrinsic.

The more you are connected to your inside, the more stable you will be.

Top Self Motivation Quotes In English To Inspire You

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” ~ Mark Twain

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” ~ Chinese Proverb

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” ~ Walt Disney

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” ~ Babe Ruth

“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth.” ~ William W. Purkey

“Do one thing every day that scares you.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

“Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.” ~ Socrates

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” ~ Dalai Lama XIV

“The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s what you’re made of. Not the circumstances.” ~ Anonymous

“Impossible is just an opinion.” ~ Paulo Coelho

“If something is important enough, even if the odds are stacked against you, you should still do it.” ~ Elon Musk

“One day or day one. You decide.” ~ Anne LaFollette Art

“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.” ~ Thomas Edison

“Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.” ~ Gary Vaynerchuk

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ~ Aristotle

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” ~ Michael Jordan

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” ~ Kurt Cobain

“Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise.” ~ Frank Ocean

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” ~ Tim Notke

“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” ~ Oscar Wilde

And this one is my favorite –

“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” ~ Napoleon Hill

Top 30 Self Motivation Books In English For Self Confidence

1. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear By Elizabeth Gilbert – Get On Amazon
2. You Are A Badass: How To Stop Doubting Your Greatness And Start Living An Awesome Life By Jen Sincero – Get On Amazon
3. Daring Greatly By Brene Brown – Get On Amazon
4. The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People By Stephen R. Covey – Get On Amazon
5. The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck: A Counterintuitive Approach To Living A Good Life By Mark Manson – Get On Amazon
6. Everything Is F*Cked By Mark Manson – Get On Amazon
7. The Power Of Positive Thinking By Norman Vincent Peale – Get On Amazon
8. The Power of Your Subconscious Mind By Joseph Murphy – Get On Amazon
9. Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, And Finding Joy By Sheryl Sandberg And Adam Grant – Get On Amazon
10. Man’s Search For Meaning By Victor E. Fankl – Get On Amazon
11. Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…and Maybe The World By William H. Mcraven – Get On Amazon
12. The Alchemist By Paulo Coelho – Get On Amazon
13. The Power Of Habit By Charles Duhigg – Get On Amazon
14. The Four Agreements By Don Miguel Ruiz – Get On Amazon
15. Girl Stop Apologizing By Rachel Hollis – Get On Amazon
16. Now, Discover Your Strengths By Marcus Buckingham And Donald Clifton – Get On Amazon
17. Think And Grow Rich By Napoleon Hill – Get On Amazon
18. Hustle: The Power To Charge Your Life With Money, Meaning, And Momentum By Neil Patel – Get On Amazon
19. Unfu*K Yourself By Gary John Bishop – Get On Amazon
20. The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, And Confidence With Everyday Courage By Mel Robbins – Get On Amazon
21. The Art Of War, By Sun Tzu – Get On Amazon
22. How To Win Friends & Influence People, By Dale Carnegie – Get On Amazon
23. Awaken The Giant Within: How To Take Immediate Control Of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical And Financial Destiny, By Anthony Robbins – Get On Amazon
24. Switch: How To Change Things When Change Is Hard, By Chip Heath And Dan Heath – Get On Amazon
25. The Magic Of Thinking Big, By David J. Schwartz – Get On Amazon
26. Steve Jobs By Walter Isaacson – Get On Amazon
27. Relentless: From Good To Great To Unstoppable, By Tim S. Grover – Get On Amazon
28. How Successful People Think: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life, By John C. Maxwell – Get On Amazon
29. The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art Of Decluttering And Organizing, By Marie Kondō – Get On Amazon
30. Fail Until You Don’t: Fight Grind Repeat, By Bobby Bones – Get On Amazon

Summary

Don’t rely on motivation by chance. Use it like bathing or having your meals.

Prepare a system or routine for yourself where it becomes your habit to stay motivated and consistently improve at whatever you are doing.

Declutter your mind and your life in order to save your time and energy, and even your money.

Start small, make progress every single day and remind yourself your biggest WHY.

Learn to handle failures as well as successes.

Be kind to yourself, show some compassion and keep getting better at your craft. No matter how small is your progress, keep doing it.

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