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If you are motivated you can complete some monumental tasks. If you are not motivated it is hard to get up off the couch and walk to the mailbox. You can remain motivated on a consistent basis if you avoid certain pitfalls. Here are three barriers which can keep you from staying motivated:

1-Weak Reasons. If your reasons for doing a task are not substantial enough to warrant you taking action then you will not. When this is the case you will always find reasons not to do the work. In your mind you do not see the use wasting energy on a task which is not going to benefit you sufficiently.

Procrastination cost us many opportunities. When we wait instead of acting we let chances for advancement pass us buy. Here are three tips for stopping procrastination.

Find a Reason – Dig deep if you have to, but come up with a reason to get excited about what you have to do. The more excitement that you can garner the more likely you will be driven to take action. Focus on the benefits to taking action. Dwell on them as opportunities. Say to yourself, “Here is my chance to do something great and I am going for it.” Visualize a successful outcome.

Initiative is the vital ingredient of motivation that you have absolute control over. When you take the initiative you launch yourself into the process of working towards your goal.

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.” – William Hutchinson Murray

Motivation gives you the energy and drive for hitting your goals. Here are some tips for sustaining motivation.

Stay Inspired-Keep yourself inspired. Remember what you are working for. When you are inspired you don’t let failure frustrate you. It is easier to remain motivated when you allow yourself to be motivated by your dream.

Keep Moving-Stay steadily moving. Continue going after your dream no matter what. Waiting is not an option. Procrastination leads to failure by default. With inaction you allow opportunities to pass you by. This causes you to become discouraged. Move on your ideas. Take the actions that you know you should take. Doing so establishes a good habit.

High motivation levels begin with factors that are under your control. You determine your level of motivation with your emotions, thoughts and actions. There are ways to influence these factors. Here are three tips for maintaining high levels of motivation.

Act. An object in motion tends to stay in motion. Get in the habit of taking action. Determine what you need to do then act. Do not hesitate, worry or put the task off to a later time.

Associating with negative people. You become like the people you hang around. Complaining personalities and pessimistic attitudes are contagious. Even though you may not want to be a negative person you eventually will be if you continually associate with other negative people. It is nearly impossible to be motivated if you are pessimistic.

Solution: Change your associations if you are continually around negative people. Avoid spending time with people who are always complaining or pointing out what cannot be done. You want to be the opposite type of person so befriend people who are the way you want to be. They will inspire you to do great things. You will feel motivated by just spending time with them.

Procrastinating ruins our motivation to do what it takes to get our dreams. And the longer you procrastinate the longer you put off experiencing the joy of hitting your goals and getting what you want. Here are three keys to eliminating procrastination.

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“Procrastination is opportunity’s assassin.”  ~Victor Kiam

Procrastination can rob you of your initiative and drive. When you develop a habit of putting things off you weaken your ability to take advantage of opportunities. You become passive. Your life becomes one big waiting game. This doesn’t have to continue. You can break the habit of putting things off. Here are three tips for eliminating procrastination: