hey everyone and welcome to top thank today we're going to learn about seven habits that
are killing your motivation now let's begin number one running without walking do you have
lofty goals and towering ambitions do you aspire to change the world rise to the top of your field
or create a lasting legacy many people fantasize about finding success but only a handful of people
actually pursue these extraordinary dreams very few have the passion and vigor necessary to make
their most fantastical dreams come true but even if you have all the passion in the world this
bad habit may [ __ ] your motivation when you dream of your own success you may feel Restless
to jump to the end to get to the good part you want to build your business you want to publish
your book you want to read headlines about your accomplishments and you don't want to wait when
you get excited to make your dreams a reality you run without walking you skip the years of boring
grinding work you need to polish your skills you overlook the important lessons that each failure
has to teach you you try to accomplish your goals without a proper foundation and you fall
flat on your face hmm you may realize you don't know what you're doing and your motivation may
suffer you may even lose faith in yourself as your incredible aspirations drift further and further
away now if you want to grow your motivation be patient with yourself and be patient with your
success before you can accomplish your goals you need to learn the fundamentals you don't
cut corners you don't skip steps you don't let your excitement control you you build a proper
foundation and slowly but surely you will accrue the confidence you need to succeed it may not be
fun exciting or glamorous but the more time you spend refining your craft the more motivation and
confidence you'll have when it's time to move forward number two lack of learning how often
do you learn something new in school we learn new things almost every day but after graduating when
embarking into the real world most people stop learning they stop reading they stop
exploring they stop challenging their minds or investigating new subjects but learning is
a fantastic source of motivation whether you're learning something useful or not even if you're
digesting random facts any new information can leave you motivated and inspired it can
help form new connections or relate things in ways you've never thought of before no
one is going to force you to learn anything but learning should be a lifelong hobby no matter
how old you get no matter what field you work in learning will always push you in a new direction
and ignite that spark inside you so make an effort to learn at least one new thing every day
number three fruitless comparisons how often do you compare yourself to other people comparisons
of any kind whether you're measuring success attractiveness or material wealth are a bad habit
yet many people compare themselves to every single person they meet why is that well because social
comparisons come from a place of insecurity when you don't feel confident in yourself when you're
not proud of what you've done you compare yourself to other people if they're worse than you then you
feel better about yourself but if they're smarter stronger or more successful than you are well then
you start criticizing yourself either way you're not building any real confidence those ups and
downs come from extrinsic stimuli which makes them shallow and temporary in order to build
lasting motivation you need intrinsic confidence that's confidence that stems from self belief and
genuine pride making social comparisons will never help you develop intrinsic confidence in
other words social comparisons are a great way to damage your self-esteem and ruin your motivation
so what habits in your real life encourage these comparisons social media is a big one on these
platforms you can scroll through thousands of pictures and profiles in a day and if you don't
feel confident in yourself you may unconsciously compare yourself to every person you encounter
every time someone else accomplishes something every time someone wins an award it may feel
like a personal attack on your character you may feel like you've fallen behind like you're
not good enough and when you spend hours feeling inferior behind and belittled well your motivation
dwindles to nothing your confidence crumbles to pieces and your self-esteem sinks as low as
it can go so instead of putting yourself in this precarious position avoid social comparisons don't
measure yourself against everyone in the world not only is it unhelpful it's just not fair everyone
pursues their dreams differently there's no point in comparing yourself to someone who's chasing a
different goal or working in a different field even if someone seems farther ahead than you you
never really know what opportunity will help you find success so don't compare yourself to
everyone just instead pick a few people you admire people who are working the kind of job you want
people who are achieving the goals you've set for yourself or living the life you aspire to create
find a handful of these like-minded people and use them as mentors don't make comparisons don't
judge yourself against them use their success to motivate your own follow in their footsteps learn
from their mistakes and as you achieve more and more make only one kind of comparison and that
is compare yourself to yourself that's really the only fair comparison that you can make you to you
and if you're making progress against yourself well that's something to be proud of number four
giving up immediately when something doesn't go your way what do you do do you try again or do
you give up many people after experiencing any kind of failure just let their dream slip away
but those failures should actually motivate you to succeed the most successful people got
where they are today by driving themselves through failure they experienced many setbacks they faced
many obstacles but they didn't give up instead their failure motivated them to push harder to
keep trying until they accomplished their goal now of course motivating yourself after a major
setback is challenging it takes an incredible amount of passion and self-discipline so start
with something small the next time a little project doesn't go the way you expected don't
let yourself walk away practice fighting back in every aspect of your life the more you persevere
the more motivated you'll feel when failure comes a-knockin number 5 distraction vulnerability are
you leaving yourself open to distractions many of the most common distractors are easy to avoid well
let's say you're prone to texting in the middle of the workday each message that you send may
only take a few seconds but those seconds really add up to make matters worse each time you send a
message it takes your brain a little bit of time to refocus and as your mind slips away from work
it becomes a chore to motivate yourself again and again ah but it's easy to remove distractors like
these from your environment all you have to do is pay attention hit really think about where
you waste the most time whether it's texting video games or watching TV don't let these distractors
continue hurting your motivation remove them from your life and your motivation will soar number 6
chasing multiple goals multitasking seems like a great idea but more often than not it's a recipe
for disaster when you try to do multiple things at the same time you're splitting your attention the
simple fact is the human brain is not designed to focus on multiple tasks simultaneously it's
possible to do many small simple tasks the same time but larger more challenging projects deserve
all of your attention the same goes for your goals don't try to accomplish a crowd of different goals
at the same time you'd be surprised how many people struggle not with setting goals but
with setting too many goals they envision for themselves several different futures all of which
they want equally they have heartedly chased three or four different aspirations all at the same
time and rarely accomplish any of them just like multitasking split your attention chasing multiple
goals divide your time and effort so instead of pouring a little into a lot of things just put
all of your time and effort into one dream just one vision of your future not only will you have
a much easier time motivating yourself you're also much more likely to achieve your goal number seven
working constantly for many successful people the secret behind their motivation is momentum
they keep themselves disciplined and motivated each day by building on top of the day before
now each accomplishment snowballs one after the other until they find themselves climbing to the
top the problem is when your ball gets rolling when you feel yourself growing more and more
motivated you may never stop you may press on the gas pedal and refuse to let up no matter how tired
hungry or mentally exhausted that you feel now if this sounds like you sooner or later you're
going to crash and burn leaving your motivation in shambles momentum is valuable but it's equally
important to take breaks step away from your work for a weekend or even just an afternoon eat some
good food get enough sleep spend time with family or just take some time to think relaxation is
crucial to keep your mind and body working the way you want without relaxation your mind will
grow foggy and clutter your mood will sink lower and lower but if you can find the right balance
between rest and motivation you can maintain your momentum for years to come hey thank you
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