It is not too over the top to suggest to you that motivation is quite simply the petrol in the engine of life. It is what makes us do just about everything in our lives. Money motivates us to work. Being able to buy nice houses, fast cars, good food and have nice holidays motivates us to earn money. Having nice houses, fast cars, good food and taking nice holidays makes us feel good. Feeling good is therefore a great motivator.

There is no real secret to having good motivation. The bigger the carrot dangling in front of our eyes, the greater the motivation. The greater the motivation, the greater effort we will make. The greater effort we make, the more we will achieve.

It is a relatively straight forward equation and yet so many people think it is so complicated. Where most people go wrong is that they concentrate on the effort part and that then demotivates them. What you need to do is move forward one stage and concentrate on the rewards. The rewards come from the effort brought about by the motivation to achieve the rewards. Not, as most people visualise, effort then motivation then reward.

If you are lost at this point go back and read those three paragraphs again and you will hopefully have a bit of a eureka moment!

Got it? Great. Now you understand that the initial thought must be about the reward. That then brings about the desire to achieve the reward, which then gives you the motivation to put in the effort required.

Sustaining that effort requires you to have constant motivation, which means you need to visualise the reward on a regular basis and with great clarity. Clear rewards and goals is therefore the key to achieving just about everything. If it is a nice house you want then really visualise walking round that perfect house. Get some details from an estate agent of the perfect house for you. Smell the smells that would greet you when you walk in the door. Feel the carpet under your feet and see the views from the windows.

Get real clarity over your goals and rewards and nature will do the rest!

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