7 small tricks that will increase your work motivation

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

If motivation problems persist, thick, serious books will help you. This article also contains quick ways to solve the problem with motivation here and now.

Motivation problems? This is serious. You will have to delve into yourself to understand the true reasons. But now we are not talking about that. This article contains ways to solve the problem here and now. They will help you start the engine. And there, you see, and get involved in work. You won't go far on them, but they can save a specific day.

Seriously about motivation

If motivation problems persist, these thick, serious books will help you:

• "Drive. What really motivates us,”Daniel Pink;
• “An Easy Way to Stop Procrastinating,” Neil Fiore;
• The Perfectionist Paradox, Tal Ben-Shahar;
• "Flow. The Psychology of Optimal Experience, Mihai Csikszentmihalyi.

It was a lyrical digression for those who like to criticize in the comments. Moving on to the tricks!

Trick # 1: Board with goals

I made a whiteboard like Dr. House:

I did it for clarity of my weekly and monthly planning, but unexpectedly got a motivational effect. I hung it near the workplace. Every day I miss my goals. Unwittingly, I glance at the board 100 times a day. And I developed a kind of itching. I would like to quickly delete all these tasks.

Try it, + 5% to motivation is guaranteed!

Trick # 2. REM sleep

Motivation problems are often caused by a banal lack of energy. The simplest remedy is 15 minutes of naps. Tested on our own experience. A longer sleep is also good, but then it is not a fact that you will be able to fall asleep at night.

Trick # 3. Mind Map with Pictures

I have a mental map. These are just pictures that motivate me. After all, it is known that visual images reach us much faster than everything else.

Of course, everyone can have their own pictures:

• icon;
• father mother;
• child;
• great sportsman or businessman;
• Bugatti Veyron or gold iPhone (ugh!).

It takes only two or three minutes to run your eyes over the map. And the effect is noticeable immediately.

Trick # 4: Screaming at Yourself, Hurt Yourself

It can be helpful to yell at yourself a little. You don't have to scold - just make a suggestion.

It happens that you walk around the room, shout, and problems with motivation immediately disappear. That's why I like to work alone. It is difficult to imagine such raised voices somewhere in a coworking space.

You can also hurt yourself. For example, hitting a brick wall hard with your fist. The pain helps to shake things up. The main thing is not to overdo it: even a highly motivated person will not be able to work with a broken arm.

I spied this trick from the popular blogger Jon Morrow, who advises to introduce yourself into an altered state of consciousness before writing each article.

Trick # 5. Read the book, watch the video

Yes, there are books that are great motivation. Maybe it won't take 15 minutes to read them, but they can give a more lasting effect. For example, the books by Tim Ferris and Tony Robbins have this effect. A video of some powerful motivational trainer works well. Torrents are full of this stuff. Something like this:

Look, the video is funny.

Trick # 6. Anchors

Each person has anchors for work and play. For example, my heavy anchors are:

• coffee + sweets;
• ear plugs in the ears;
• dark room.

I "put on" all this on myself and turn into a car without fatigue and hesitation. I am careful with the first point - it is harmful to my health.

Trick # 7. Super Detailed Plan

The goat understands that a good plan helps. Here we are talking about how to chew your actions to the state of a fine gruel. Up to "turn on the computer."It looks frivolous, but it works in especially clinical cases.

Laziness anyway? Try to lie down and paint everything while lying on the couch.:)

Outcome

Love your job? Are your family and colleagues supporting you? Good salary? And still you are not immune from air motivational holes. In such cases, my tricks will definitely help you. But remember: these are just tricks.