If
you find that you're not motivated to achieve your goals or you're just not
getting things done - then you first have to get a handle on what is preventing
you from moving forward.
These
blocks are the reasons or excuses that you've accepted that prevent you from
achieving your goals. Before we can change them you have to be aware of what
they are.
You
can start by answering the following questions:
Is
there something that you've been meaning to do but just haven't been able to
for the longest time? I'm not talking about a specific goal - just something
that you've been meaning to do but haven't been able to.
What's
the reason?
Think
about it.
Why
have you been putting it off for so long? Write down your answer and you'll
discover your excuses - these are the reasons why you're not getting motivated
to achieve your goal or complete your task.
Now
take a look at some of your bigger goals and do the same thing. You can think
about a course that you've been meaning to take, a book you want to read,
learning something that could change your life, pursuing a hobby, starting a
business, increasing your finances, getting into a relationship, anything.
Write
down all the reasons or excuses that you come up with for not doing what you
wanted to do.
Here
are some of the common excuses and reasons for people not doing what they want
to do:
- I
haven't got the time.
- There
are just too many things to do.
- I'll
start on Monday (does something magical happen on Monday that doesn't happen
on any other day?)
- First
I want to get through this project then I'll get to that.
- My
friends won't understand.
- It
just takes too much time.
- I'm
going on vacation and will do it when I get back.
- I
can't concentrate.
- It's
just too much work.
- I don't
deserve it.
And
the list goes on and on and on.
In
the end you never complete what you wanted to do.
Why?
Because
you've developed a habit of rationalizing your way out of getting something
done and you've bought into your excuses. You now believe your excuses and your
reasons for not doing something are valid and this is why nothing ever gets
done.
So
think about the excuses or reasons for not creating the changes or improvements
you want in your life?
Write
them down because you're going to learn how to you get past or eliminate your
excuses.
The
most common excuse or reason is time.
You
might find yourself saying that you don't have time or you'll get to it later -
when you have more time.
But
what's the reason for creating that excuse.
The
truth is that it's often really not about time.Let's take a look at a typical
day for most people.
You
have 24 hours in a day. You sleep for 8, leaving 16. You work 8 hours or even
10 hours a day that leaves you with 6 or 8 hours a day.
Maybe
you spend an hour commuting everyday that brings it down to 5 or 7 hours a day.
You
cook, eat and relax - does that take 5 or 7 hours everyday?
No
it doesn't. The truth is that if you just spent even a few minutes to an hour a
day working towards your goals you'd achieve them.
The
real reason is not time! Instead it's that you've accepted the reason or the
excuse of not having enough time. You now believe that you don't have the time
so you no longer have the time.
Your
mind and subconscious mind have accepted this belief. So instead of helping you
achieve your goals - your mind and subconscious mind look for ways for you to
run out of time so that you never achieve anything. You may end up doing things
for no reason - or take too long to do something instead of focusing on and
achieving your goals.
You've
actually given your mind and subconscious mind the exact opposite instruction
of what you really want.
In
order to turn things around you have to re-train your mind, give your
subconscious mind new instructions so that it helps you achieve your goals.
Look
at the reasons you have and change them to reflect what you want to happen.
Continue
focusing on what you want.
If
you say you don't have enough time then tell yourself that you do have the time
that you need.
If
you feel you haven't got enough experience - tell yourself that you do have the
experience that you need.
Regularly think of what you want instead of what you
don't want. When you do this you'll begin re-training the mind. Start giving
your subconscious mind new instructions - so that it helps you achieve your
goals.
