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Pain is usually the reason why people change. Getting failing grades make us realize that we need to study. Debts remind us of our inability to find a satisfactory source of income. If we had a satisfactory source of income we wouldn't have debts; would we?
Being humiliated gives us the "push" to speak up and fight for ourselves; to save our face from future embarrassments. It may be a bitter experience, a friend's tragic story, a great movie, or an inspiring book that will help us get up and get just the right amount of motivation we need in order to improve ourselves.
Pain is a great motivator! With the countless negativity the world brings about, how do we keep motivated?
Try out the tips I've prepared from A to Z:
A - Achieve your dreams. Avoid negative people, things and places. Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
B - Believe in your self, and in what you can accomplish.
C - Consider things from every angle and aspect. Motivation comes from determination. To be able to understand life, you should feel the sun from both sides.
D - Don't give up and don't give in. Thomas Edison failed once, twice, more than three times before he came up with his invention and perfected the incandescent light bulb. Make motivation your steering wheel.
E - Enjoy! Work as if you don't need money, dance as if nobody's watching, love as if you never cried, and learn as if you'll live forever. Motivational momentum takes place when people are happy.
F - Family and Friends - are life's greatest "F" treasures. Don't loose sight of them.
G - Give more than what is enough. Where does motivation and self improvement take place at work? At home? At school? Always give 110%!
H - Hang on to your dreams. They may dangle in there for a moment, but these little stars will be your driving force. Define your target and hit it, until you hit it!
I - Ignore those who try to destroy you. Don't let other people get the best of you. Stay away from toxic people - the kind of friends who hates to hear about your success. Stay away form negativity!
J - Just be yourself. The key to success is to be yourself. And the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
K - Keep trying no matter how hard life may seem. When a person is motivated, eventually he sees a harsh life finally clearing out, paving the way to self improvement.
L - Learn to love your self. Now isn't that easy?
M - Make things happen. Motivation is when your dreams are put into work clothes.
N - Never lie, cheat or steal. Always play a fair game.
O - Open your eyes. People should learn the horse attitude and horse sense. They see things in 2 ways - how they want things to be, and how they should be.
P - Practice makes perfect. Practice is about motivation. It lets us learn repertoire and ways on how can we recover from our mistakes.
Q - Quitters never win. And winners never quit. So, choose your fate - are you going to be a quitter? Or a winner?
R - Ready yourself. Motivation is also about preparation. We must hear the little voice within us telling us to get started before others will get on their feet and try to push us around. Remember, it wasn't raining when Noah build the ark.
S - Stop procrastinating. Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today - we never know what tomorrow will bring!
T - Take control of your life. Discipline and self control jives synonymously with motivation. Both are key factors in self improvement.
U - Understand others. You know how to talk, you should also learn how to listen. Yearn to understand first, and to be understood the second. We have 2 ears and one mouth - use them proportionately!
V - Visualize it. Motivation without vision is like a boat on a dry land. You need to have a crystal clear path.
W - Want it more than anything. Dreaming means believing. And to believe is something that is rooted out from the roots of motivation and self improvement.
X - X Factor is what will make you different from the others. When you are motivated, you tend to put on "extras" on your life like extra time for family, extra help at work, extra care for friends, and so on.
Y - You are unique. No one in this world looks, acts, or talks like you. Value your life and existence, because you only get to spend it once.
Z - Zero in on your dreams and go for it!!!
Pain IS a great motivator, but don't wait for the pain before you get motivated! Define your goals and move towards them every day. Keep your focus on your goals crystal clear and take the most direct path to reaching them. Stay motivated; without motivation we will get nowhere!
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