All of us have some type of Motivation!
The dictionary defines motivation as “Willingness of action especially in behavior.” Another description is “the driving force by which humans achieve their goals. Motivation is said to be intrinsic or extrinsic.”
Remember the Movie ‘Rudy’? The true story about Rudy Ruettiger who loves football and wants to play football for Notre Dame? He had many obstacles to overcome. Poor grades, dyslexia a short stature but a big heart! Rudy, as you know the story, fought through his obstacles and achieved his goal! How did he do it?
Focus with a Plan
When Rudy set his course, he didn’t let the first time he was rejected from Notre Dame, He kept his focus, developed his plan and kept moving forward.
How Do We Stay Motivated?
The same applies for us as well! Whether it’s our career, health, family or faith, those who stay focused on what they want to achieve will ultimately achieve their goals. They may not achieve all 100%, but they stay focused, they don’t let failures or roadblocks stop them, they set another course of action and then move forward.
How Does This Translate to Our Health or Fitness Goals?
The same way! If your goal is to lose 15 or 50 pounds or be able to run a 10k or marathon or to do 50 push-ups, etc. It’s simple! Set your achievable goals everyday, whether it’s what you’ll eat or don’t eat, how many miles you’ll run or whatever exercise routine you do for the day, stay focused on your plan. If your plan has to change because of other commitments or interruptions in life, stay focused, set a new course of action or goals you can achieve and then ‘GO FOR IT’!
Success is not measured by the amount of failures one has in their life but the amount of achievement one attains and so often, those who are successful in life have many failures but get up everyday, re-focus their goals, and move forward. These are people who have a ‘Willingness of action especially in behavior’!
Are you Willing to Act?
Today, are you going to get up, or let the days events take it’s course of action and then just go with the flow or are you going to get up, have a plan of action, set a course, focus on what needs to be done and then realize that distractions will occur and then readjust your plan and move forward?
Start right now with a plan and a purpose, move forward with ACTION and see the results! In no time, you will be surprised at what you achieve and with this success, you’ll be able to achieve more or even higher goals! Just look at what little Rudy did!
When you set goals or "resolutions" there are going to be distractions and set backs, that's life. Just remember to readjust your plan and move forward!
If you get knocked down, get back up! "When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself."
consistency is key you will not reach your goal unless you can deal with constant mistakes and failures. You must get up every day and take action, complete key tasks that bring you that much closer to victory.
Hopefully mistakes and failures lead to satisfaction and enjoyment, and ultimately happiness. For mastering something, anything can bring great joy, but I believe the joy comes from the journey, not the destination.
Hopefully mistakes and failures lead to satisfaction and enjoyment, and ultimately happiness. For mastering something, anything can bring great joy, but I believe the joy comes from the journey, not the destination.
People make mistakes! It’s up to you to get up and keep going to achieve your goal! Be consistent with your good habits and great things will come!
I think I learn more from trial and error, emphasis on errors. It is motivating to hear success stories from people who overcome trials much larger than my own. We all face obstacles in our life due to certain circumstances or limitations but cases like Rudy’s as well as other motivational cases show us nothing is impossible.
Part of life is overcoming obstacles that are placed in front of you. You just have to stay focused and driven to keep grinding!
Obstacles are inevitable. Success is determined by how one deals with these obstacles. I agree with this article in the sense that, finding and keeping the right kind of motivation can be the deciding factor for determining a successful outcome.
One can always re-promise. If the goal set for the day ends up not to be achievable (was more complicated than imagined, there were other factors, etc..) you can always re-promise. Re-promising isn’t “letting yourself off of the hook” for poor performance- its picking up the pieces and continuing to move forward.
It’s so easy to get caught up in thinking that one failure means it’s all over! But your success is measured by exactly that: your achievement! An important point to keep in mind.
Thanks for the reminder!
In my fitness career, I have noticed that people who’s fitness goals are intrinsically motivated tend to achieve their goals more often. Extrinsic motivation can be powerful too, however motivation that comes from within and is really driving them to better themselves is exponentially more powerful