Want to be more motivated? More often? Try these 6 great tips…

Want to be more motivated? More often? Try these 6 great tips…

via the Huffington Post by Shawn Doyle

As a motivational speaker and book author, often after I give a keynote speech, someone in the audience will ask me how to get motivated again, because some people through the ups and downs of life kind of loose their spark, they loose their level of motivation. So here is the big question — how do you get motivated again when you’re not feeling motivated? Here are some quick tips to help you get motivated again particularly when you’re going through the trials and tribulations of life. After all sometimes life is not a bowl of cherries.

1. Go back to your original purpose

When you first started your quest to achieve your dreams, you had a dream and goal in mind, but because you’re tired and you been working so much and so hard, somehow, someway you kind of lost touch with your original purpose. You may have lost your spark, your shine, your enthusiasm. You are no longer a shiny happy person. Being tired will do that to anyone. Take some time and re-review your goals short-term, midterm and long-term to remind yourself why it is you’re working so hard. This may help you rekindle the passion that you had in the very beginning, and remind you of the excitement that you had to start with. I have always believed that one of the ways of being more passionate is to make sure your passion is connected to your purpose…

…more often than not, happiness requires DOING; and DOING requires MOTIVATION. So happiness requires motivation and if you want more, then click HERE to read the full & original article