Self-motivation is an essential tip in keeping focus and taking a firm action on your dreams and goals. It is arguably said that it is one of the single greatest factors for our successes.
It’s not surprising that Abraham Lincoln said: “Always bear in mind that your own dream to succeed is quite important than any other thing.”
A dream is quite important because it’s hard to be motivated if you don’t have anything to shoot for.
Just think about basketball players. Will they be motivated to play if there is no basket to aim at? I don’t think so. They need a goal. You also need a goal. Just having a dream is insufficient. Your dream must be big enough to self-motivate you.
You will realize that people who are unable to motivate themselves are content with their levels of mediocrity, no matter how impressive their talents are. Below are some reasons why dreams are the best tool for self-motivation.
Dreams are all about other people.
Despite of the issues we handle and regardless of our dreams, we cannot eliminate other people from our lives.
You will realize that it’s them who buy our products; and it’s people who get affected when you cut the costs of your products. We find that we dream to sell our ideas to people and we also need their support to accomplish goals.
Regardless of whether you are a finance expert or developing the new grocery shopping or grocery, your dreams make impacts on other people.
You get motivated when other people are happy with your fulfilled dream. You need encouragement, don’t you? Dreams that have great social impact motivate the dreamers to work harder.
Visualize your goals very clearly.
Dreams can achieve some self-motivation goals. You have to visualize your goals very clearly. A dream cannot be a vague feeling or idea. It must be described and specified in details and must actually encompass all senses.
A dream ensures that people know exactly what they want, and above all, know why they want it. The dream, therefore, motivates the dreamer to achieve something specific.
Make clear decisions.
Dreams enable the dreamers to make clear decisions and get better at decision making. Dreamers do not use phrases such as “maybe”.
They use a straightforward statement such as “I want to do a certain thing and I need to handle it right now”. Through such an unequivocal statement, dreamers turn their dream into self-motivation.
Besides, it doesn’t necessarily mean that people can’t change their mind, but they should follow an educated decision without actually casting doubts on themselves and giving up too early due to worries or lack of self-motivation.
The dream always reappears.
It‘s quite obvious that preliminary enthusiasm can cool down over time. However, when that happens, one can dream again.
The details and colors of what you wanted to achieve always come into your mind and motivate you.
A dream will always give you the strength to move on, even in your weakest moment.
Dreams stop you from negative comparison.
Comparing oneself to other people isn’t a good approach.
We are all different and our products and dreams are distinct. When we compare ourselves to others, a dream comes in and ensures that we use that energy to identify our motivation and weakness and find the right approach.
How do you improve your self-motivation? You ought to dream what should be your next step. In this way you can remain credible, authentic and strong.
Other than comparing who is better and who is worse, a dream will help you focus on how you can contribute to self-motivation and the benefits of all.
Dream makes a person unique.
With a dream, you don’t need to worry that you are a copy of someone else. Dreams make you unique; an original possessing inimitable abilities and qualities.
A dream will make you live your authentic, irreplaceable and genuine self. As a matter of fact, a dream will make you believe in your own abilities and, therefore, motivate you.
No one will follow your dream for you.
The thought that there is no person that will pursue your dream for you will definitely motivate you. Every person has some dreams to achieve. If you fail to go after yours, no one else will.
About The Author
This is a guest post by Tom Jager – an expert blogger situated in London. You can reach him on Facebook.