5 Things That Will Help You Finish Strong When Feeling Unmotivated
How to Stay Motivated and Productive as You Strive to Get Things Done
A challenge many achievers face is how they can finish strong when feeling unmotivated. Everyone experiences a dip in motivation.
Knowing how to stay motivated and productive is important if you want to take the right actions to achieve the success you want. Your ability to stay focused and manage your distractions well, will help you get things done on time.
What Can Cause You to Feel Unmotivated?
You can lose motivation if:
- You are not excited about doing something anymore.
- You believe you should do something rather than it being what you want to do.
- You cannot see progress with what you are working towards.
- You are facing obstacles you don’t know how to overcome.
- You are not getting support to make things easier.
- You have not received acknowledgement for something you have done.
The Risks if You Don’t Finish Strong
The habit of starting something and not finishing it has many risks. These include:
- Delays which will affect when you get something done.
- You will lose trust with yourself and others.
- You will miss out on opportunities.
- You will damage your reputation.
- You will hesitate to take on new projects or set bigger goals.
If you can manage your motivation and deal with low points intelligently, you will finish strong and reach your objectives.
5 Things That Will Help You Finish Strong When Feeling Unmotivated
Staying productive today starts with eliminating interruptions and distractions. If you do that well, you are already on track to complete your tasks on time.
Here are five things that will help you finish strong when feeling unmotivated, so you can accomplish what you want on time.
- Keep the big picture front of mind. The big picture is your outcome or what you are striving to achieve. Identify the payoffs or the benefits you will receive when you complete what you want. Give yourself a reward when you get it done.
- Visualise the outcome you want. The inner work is just as important as the external work. Build a picture of what you want and feel the emotions you want to experience when you attain your goal before you take action. The clearer the image you have, the easier it will be to identify the actions to take, which will help you stay motivated.
- Chunk your goals into manageable tasks. It’s important you do not work on too many goals or tasks at once. That will lead to overwhelm and exhaustion, which will affect your motivation. When you are clear on the goals you want to focus on, break them in smaller tasks. That will help you take action and continue to progress to your goals.
- Maintain rituals that keep you productive. There are things that help you get things done. Do what works for you and eliminate or reduce what does not work. If you develop habits that make you productive, it’s a lot easier to stay motivated. A simple habit is to measure your progress to your goals.
- Find an accountability partner. To reach higher levels of performance and achievement, holding yourself accountable to a high standard will make a difference. If you have to report your progress to someone daily or weekly, you will not want to disappoint them. Just knowing you have to check in with someone regularly will ensure you do what you say you will.
Final Thoughts
When you are unmotivated, it’s often feedback you need to change something that is not working. The better you can manage your motivation, the greater the chances you will stay on track and finish strong.
If you allow yourself to remain unmotivated, you won’t feel good about yourself, which will make it difficult to get into action again. If you learn to navigate through periods of low motivation, you will continue taking action and reach your goals.
Action Step: Review the projects or things you want to get done. Assess which ones you are not as excited about now as you were previously. Apply one idea you have learned to get yourself motivated again, so you can finish strong.
Question: What are other things that will help you finish strong when feeling unmotivated?
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