Hey Ambitious Professionals! It's Linda Raynier of lindaraynier.com guiding you
to a career and life you'll truly enjoy. Now if you have been feeling a little
lazy lately or you've been procrastinating and just not feeling all
that motivated in today's video I'm going to share with you my six tips on
how to motivate yourself so that you can do what you need to do and that you can
be more efficient and productive in your daily life
Ready to get the job you want? Top Notch Interview is coming soon! For more info
and free training head to JOINTNI.COM As a career strategist I have had
the privilege over the years to share my unique strategies and techniques with
numerous professionals and helping them to land their dream job offers and so if
this is something that you're interested in working with me one-on-one so that
you can get your dream job then I will talk more about that at the end of this
video so you have a big project to work on at work or maybe you're not yet
working and you need to search and apply for jobs or the thing that you need to
do has nothing to do with work but instead you want to exercise more you
want to work out more whatever it may be whatever the task is no matter how big
or small you've been finding that you've been procrastinating because you're just
not feeling motivated and you just don't seem to have the energy to do the things
that you want to get done trust me I've been there
contrary to what you may think I am not always able to be super productive every
day I'm human too but luckily over the years I have picked
up on some tactics that have worked really well for me and hopefully will
work well for you too so that you can start to feel more motivated and get the
things that you need to do done tip number one plan your laziness ahead of
time when it comes to mapping out our schedules and planning out our calendars
more often than not logically what we tend to do is we fill up our calendars
and fill up our schedules with all the things that we need to do right well for
this tip I want you to do the opposite so what that means is instead of filling
out your schedule with all the things that you need to get done start off with
filling your schedule with your non-negotiable non work time for example
let's say that you know that every single day after 7:00 p.m. you want to
be able to turn your brain off and you want to spend
time or just have me time to yourself so that you can have dinner and wind down
before going to bed if that's the case you need to schedule that in first for
me personally I actually take time in the morning and in the evenings and I
personally schedule them as me time in the mornings I use that time to meditate
to do yoga to journal and really just get myself in the right mindset for the
day and then in the evenings I use that time to have dinner be with my husband
and relax wind down before going to bed this tactic is extremely powerful
because it forces you to get your work done so that you can meet your
non-negotiable non work time and in the end you're gonna be much more efficient
with your time because you'll know in the back of your mind that you have a
limited amount of time to do your work on to tip number two trust in divine
timing I know this might be a bit of a weird tip especially when we're talking
about how to motivate yourself what do you mean trust in divine timing what I
mean is that you need to know that if there is a certain project or task that
is meant for you or if there is a certain outcome that you're meant to
achieve such as achieving a new job offer that's going to be the right
perfect fit for you then you have to trust that if it's meant to happen for
you it will happen for you so what that does is it can help you to relax and
allow yourself to naturally feel motivated when you can trust that this
is the thing that you're meant to do and you're gonna feel the right motivation
at the right time then you can relax a little bit more and not cause that
anxiety to stir up within you when you don't have that anxiety what ends up
happening is that motivation that feeling of excitement and enthusiasm is
naturally going to stir up within you and you're gonna be able to accomplish
the task easily and efficiently tip number three cut out unnecessary tasks
or to dues this ties in with tip number one in order to truly feel motivated
you need to know that what you're doing is absolutely essential so my tip here
is all about prioritization now look at your list of tasks and things that you
have to do are there any tasks that you can
actually delegate or outsource maybe postpone for a little bit later on
or perhaps cross off entirely essentially you need to ask yourself
what do I need to focus on this week and make sure that it's done in this week
when looking at a task look at its importance the deadlines and the level
of urgency that's associated with it if it's not high on that priority list then
you can shove it aside and only work on those high-priority items
tip number four figure out your most productive time are you most productive
in the wee early morning hours or are you more productive in the evenings or
in the afternoons to be productive and motivated you need to understand your
body and how you function best so for example a lot of people are very
motivated in the early mornings to get things done whereas for me I find that
I'm more productive in the middle of the day after I've had my me time to myself
so between 10:00 and 3:00 p.m. I find I'm the most productive and so I choose
a lot of the tasks that I do to be within that time frame tip number five
change your work environment if you're someone who has the ability to work from
home and you work from home regularly sometimes working in your home can
actually be very difficult and that's because you have the comforts of your
couch your bed and overall it's your cozy lazy space so it can be hard to
feel motivated if you're in that sort of environment and for me someone who works
from home quite a bit I've had this issue as well so what I've found that
works is to change your work environment either go to a public library or a
coffee shop or just a public place where you can force yourself to just sit there
with your laptop and do nothing else but to work on your task
at hand like I said this is the trick that I've used time and time again to
get myself motivated and it works every single time usually I'll order my
favorite matcha green tea frappuccino I sit down at a nice table at Starbucks
and I am off to work and finally tip number six treat yourself when you've
done your work well be extra nice to yourself when you've accomplished your
work you want to practice this because it's going to encourage you it's going
to motivate you to continue to keep up this habit of getting your work done
focusing on the most high-priority items and feeling more efficient and
productive in your daily life so there you have it my six tips on how to stay
motivated now if you are someone who is currently job hunting and you're not
feeling so motivated because you haven't been getting that many interviews and
you're struggling with how to sell yourself and you're ready to have some
one-on-one professional guidance from me then feel free to reach out head on over
to my website lindaraynier.com/standoutgethired read through the page and
all of the success stories and testimonials fill in the application
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thank you so much for watching and I will see you in the next video! Ready to
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