S02-Frequently Asked Friday 14: How to Get and Stay Motivated

Motivation is often fleeting and while it's important not to wait for motivation to strike there are a few mindsets that help getting and staying motivated easier. In this episode, Martin reviews these strategies and shares his experience about what has helped when motivation was lacking. A precept is understanding the critical importance of getting started. In order to give yourself a shot you must begin... sounds obvious but many never take that first step. Next, making your vision as vivid and compelling as possible (prior episode) will help greatly! Another key idea is self-efficacy which is the ability to create a desired result which creates momentum. This is best achieved when one follows The Habit Factor's PARR methodology; Planning, Acting, Recording and Reassessing. It helps to regard achievement as a process rather than a single event. This facilitates the most essential ingredient and perhaps a surprise one to staying motivated, patience. Check out this short FAF episode... and SUBSCRIBE now to get these episodes automatically on your device! ________________ **NEW Weekly Giveaway! Each week we select ONE, new iTunes review (good, bad or indifferent) and send a FREE signed book. Either email the review screenshot or add your Twitter handle and we'll find you that way! BTW: Be sure to SUBSCRIBE and you'll have each episode sent to you automatically!  Subscribe Don't miss a single episode. Subscribe to the podcast to get each episode sent directly to you.    Resources Willpower Math (blog post) Three Habit Busting Tips - prior episode The Habit Factor app The Habit Factor template The Habit Factor book Big Brothers Big Sisters   This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habits2goals.substack.com/subscribe