Steps to beat Procrastination by Motivation

The translation of  procrastination is 'in favour of tomorrow'.  By the same token if you move motivation around it is "move to action" 

If procrastination is the thief of time, then read on and find the motivation to stop procrastinating:  "The only lifelong reliable motivations are those that come from within and one of the strongest of those is the joy and pride that grow from knowin gthat you've just done something as well as you can do it. "-Lloyd Dobyns and Clare Crawford-Mason, Thinking About Quality

That's a nice smiley motivational quote!

The best way  to get motivated is by setting goals.  Without goals, it really doesn't matter how motivated you try to be. You need to know what you are being motivated for.

There must be a reward or benefit to be motivated.  That is what drives us as humans.  Without  reward or benefit, you are less likely to motivate yourself.

It is really important to set goals that work. Sometimes we set goals that are basically out of our reach.  There is nothing wrong with a goal being out of our reach, as long as you set yourself smaller goals to get to that higher goal.

Your goals need to be SMART, Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely.

Don't look back on past failures. There is no such thing as failure just a learning curve after all The inventor Thomas Alva Edison experimented with thousands of different filaments to find just the right materials to glow well and be long-lasting. In 1879.

Edison discovered that a carbon filament in an oxygen-free bulb glowed but did not burn up for 40 hours. Edison eventually produced a bulb that could glow for over 1500 hours. (Taken from Enchanted Learning.com)

 

Had he given up, someone would have finished the job but at a later date. So don't get 'stuck' with past mistakes, just learn from them and move on.  We are allowed mistakes.

Once you have your goal, look at your options. They should be very specific and measurable, what are you going to do and by what day of the week, month or year.

For successful motivation you must be confident in and know yourself.  Everyone has strengths and weaknesses.  Identifying your personal weaknesses and strengths is a giant step in the right direction.

Take charge of yourself, your emotions, your feelings that stop you from getting where you want to go.  Find out what it is that is stopping you, deal with it in the best way for you (coaching is an idea) and move on.

If you want to be motivated, then all it will take is searching for what motivates you. Setting an achievable goal will also help you get started on the road to motivation and saying goodbye to procrastination.