How to Stay Motivated and Enthusiastic – 9 Tips

How often do you hear people saying, “I need motivation”? How often do you say these words yourself? Probably many times.

• Do you often feel that you lack enough enthusiasm and motivation?
• Are you sometimes wondering how to stay motivated?
• Do you wish you could stay motivated despite obstacles and delays?
• Do you often feel that you have no motivation?

Often, after the initial enthusiasm and motivation, when starting something new, the desire and interest drop. What can you do to stay motivated and not lose the zest, enthusiasm, and energy?

How to have motivation and stop complaining and saying, “I need motivation”?

You Need Motivation for Everything You Do

The motivation to act, do things, study, pursue a goal, or attain success in any area of life often emerges through outside triggers and external motivators.

Desire and motivation might arise after watching an inspiring movie, reading a book, or talking with someone who has achieved success.

However, unless the desire and ambition are strong, the motivation is often short-lived.

Ask yourself:

• How often have you felt joyful, energetic, and motivated to achieve a certain desire or ambition after watching a movie or reading a book?
• Did this mood stay with you and push you forward until you achieved that goal?
• What happened to the desire and the motivation half an hour later, a day later, or a week later? In most cases, it evaporated. Why?

A single, one-time motivational trigger is usually not enough. Certain events or situations might arouse motivation and ambition, but some time later, everything returns to normal, and you forget about them.

Success requires constant motivation, not just a one-time trigger.

You Need To Stay Motivated If You Want to Succeed

To achieve anything, you need to learn to stay motivated. You should supply yourself with constant triggers so you can continue despite obstacles.

Every achievement and every attainment requires a constant flow of motivation.

Following a particular activity for some time often turns into a habit, and you can go on and on with it as if on autopilot. Yet, knowing how to stay motivated would make the journey to achievement easier, faster, and more enjoyable.

You should never lose your patience and give up.

• Body building is a process that requires time and effort.
• Losing weight also requires time.
• Getting a degree requires time too.
• Changing your lifestyle and habits needs sustained motivation.

Everything worthwhile requires time, work, and effort. Depending on your goal, it would be best if you kept your motivation alive and kicking for days, weeks, months, or even more.

How do you produce a constant flow of motivation that will carry you through obstacles, laziness, procrastination, fears, and negative thinking? How can you stay motivated not for just a day or a week but for a long enough time to achieve a goal?

Staying motivated is important for:

• Losing weight.
• Stay motivated to continue working out.
• Motivation at work.
• Stay motivated in college.

Below, I have included some helpful suggestions for you.

Related: How to overcome lack of motivation and enthusiasm.

How to Stay Motivated and Enthusiastic

How to stay positive and motivated?

If you often hear yourself saying, “I need motivation”, or “How do I stay motivated”, here are a few motivational tips:

1. Think about the times you had motivation, and write down the triggers. It doesn’t matter in what area you were motivated to act. Then, think and find ways to create the same conditions and triggers again, but about your current goal.
2. Make a list of motivational and inspirational books that helped you in the past. Read at least a few pages from one of the books each day. If you have never read a book that motivated you, start reading one now. Ask friends about such books, or search for them on the Internet.
3. Instead of watching movies that you will forget tomorrow and leave no effect on you, seek and watch movies that can trigger motivation in you.
4. Make a list of inspiring quotes and read them often, especially in the morning before work and at night before sleep. You can find many quotes on this website.
5. Read success stories about people who succeeded in the areas where you want to succeed.
6. Collect photos of things you want to do or own and look at them often to get inspired and motivated.
7. Seek the company of people who uplift you and try to avoid the company of negative people who try to drag you down intentionally or unintentionally.
8. Start with small, simple goals. Since it is easier to maintain motivation for short periods, it would be easier to keep it when the goal does not require much time to accomplish, just a few minutes, hours, or a day or two.
9. To feel motivated, listen to music that you love and which makes you feel energetic and alive.

More Tips for Staying Motivated

• Always visualize success. Don’t allow images and thoughts of failure to enter your mind.
• To develop motivation habits, persistent effort is required.
• Avoid negative self-talk.
• Be careful to avoid unrealistic expectations when you are a beginner.
• Clear goals are essential for motivation and avoiding distractions.
• Write down a mission statement and read it every day.
• Avoid monotony.

Affirmations for Motivation

Repeat positive affirmations relating to your goal. If you don’t know what affirmations are or how to use them, read this article about affirmations.

Here is an affirmation to repeat when you wish to increase your drive and get encouraged:
“Whenever I need motivation and encouragement, I can easily awaken them and feel their energy within me.”

Remember: Focusing on the task at hand, even if you lack enthusiasm, would increase motivation in the long run.

Check out These Motivational Books

Manifest and Achieve Whatever You Want – Clear and easy-to-understand, step-by-step instructions for improving your life and creating success with the power of visualization.

Affirmations – Words with Power – Find out how you can reprogram your subconscious mind with affirmations, activate its powers, and start attracting happiness and success into your life!

Motivation Quotes

“Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals, and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.”
– Les Brown

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! You cannot be successful or happy without a humble but reasonable confidence in your powers.”
– Norman Vincent Peale

“Press forward. Do not stop or linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.”
– George Whitefield

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
– Dale Carnegie

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