Self motivation and motivation in general is all about dreams. Dreams are the foundation to permanent and ever lasting motivation.

Self motivation starts with a dream. It is a desire to be, to do or to have something. However, it doesn’t stop there. It requires a plan and then, the need to take action. Those actions need to be monitored and measured for lasting motivation.

Self motivation is an internal and not an external process. Most organizations do not know how to motivate people. They use external influences as motivators. This external motivation is temporary – it is never lasting. As soon as you get a carrot, you want a bigger one the next time round.

Nobody but you can motivate you. All others can do is create an environment in which people motivate themselves. To do that requires engagement strategies, trust and empowerment for the employee.

If organizations took the time to discover the internal dreams of their employees, and put plans in place to help employees realize their dreams, they would capture the art of motivation.

But let’s not wait for others to do that. You must do it for yourself. You need to make time for you, the most important person in the world, and discover for yourself what you want to be, to do or to have in life.

Take 24 hours and focus on what you want to be, to do or to have in life. Write down everything, as if nothing is impossible and there are no limitations or barriers. Pretend that if it is not written down, it will not happen and contrary to that, what is written down will happen.

This simple act will crystallize all of your dreams and provide you with more self motivation than you can imagine.

Want more self-motivation? Seek it from the inside out and document all of the dreams inside of you. Write a list of all the things you want to be, to do or to have as if nothing is impossible.

Don’t procrastinate, do it now!

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