Lesson 1. Clarify what you want
Of all the reasons responsible for why you might be lacking in the motivation department, this first one is by far the most common:
Either you don’t know what you want, or you’re unclear about what you want.
Whenever I do goal-setting workshops with people or with organizations, one of the first questions I ask is,
“What do you want?”
You’d be surprised by how many people are unable to give me a compelling response to that question.
In other words: What’s the outcome you’re after?
What would it look like if everything were to go exactly as planned or better?
It’s tough to get motivated to do anything at all if we’re unsure about what we’re after in the first place.
Conversely, once we take those fuzzy dreams and bring them into focus by writing them out as goals, the motivation flows naturally.
So, if you’re struggling with getting motivated in any area of your life, it’s likely because you haven’t decided in detail what you want in that area.
And we can’t focus on something if we don’t know what we’re aiming for.
How to apply this method
💡 Keep in mind that you cannot hit a target that you cannot see.
💡 That said, clarify what you want by identifying some compelling, exciting goals for yourself in each of the major areas of your life – physical, financial, emotional, spiritual, etc. – and write them down.
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