GD and Essay Topic: How to Self-Motivate & Be Successful in Life

GD and Essay Topic: How to Self-Motivate & Be Successful in Life

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Walt Disney once said, “If you can dream it, you can do it”. This quotation is enough to explain that we can achieve what we dream.

By Marvin John

This article was first published on October 12, 2020.

Self motivation

Every person in this world has some dreams and aspirations. Each one of us wants to achieve some goal. We all have desires that we want to fulfil in our lives. While some succeed, there are some who also fail in doing so. This is where self-motivation comes into picture.

Each person thinks differently and has his own ways to deal with failure. Many people fight till their last breath and have a strong determination to succeed. Whereas some people lose hope and belittle themselves, lose self-confidence and leave their dreams midway.

Each and every person has the ability to achieve their dreams, as we know that success and failure are part of everyone’s life. If we fail then it doesn’t mean that we are incapable, it simply means that we need to rethink and put some extra effort. The belief to try once more requires a lot of courage and mental strength.

As Walt Disney once said, “If you can dream it, you can do it”. This quotation is enough to explain that we can achieve what we dream. Self-motivation is a powerful tool that helps us to keep going in most difficult times. Motivation is the positive emotion that encourages a person to keep going and chase their dreams and try again and again.

There are many motivational speakers and consultants that help people to erase their negative vibes and charge them with positive vibes and encourage them to fight with failure and give their best. In such a scenario, if a person is not self-confident and motivated for their goals, then no other person can make them do it.

How to Self-Motivate & Be Successful in Life

Self-motivation is a self-driving force that keeps people high on energy and enthusiastic for their dreams. Here disciplined approach and working towards our goals every single day is the main factor that people often forget. The other reason is that many people don’t have a focused and clear goal, they run behind too many things and at last achieve nothing. So, the simple lesson to learn is to make more focused goals and thrive to achieve only that.

Here are some key tips that can help you keep your confidence high and work towards achieving success:

    • Make small and achievable goals: The important point to understand is that the goals that you set must be small and achievable, so that when you achieve them it will help you boost your moral and confidence. This is the first step towards self-motivation.
    • Focus more on your achievement and success: It’s a human tendency to focus more on flaws, failures and negative aspects of everything. However, to stay motivated, you must focus more on your success and achievements; small steps taken towards our goals are also very important. Hence, it’s important for you to count your small achievements and focus more on This will help you to self-motivate yourselves in times when anything wrong happens. Celebrate small success, as this will help you realise your own worth as well.
    • Follow positive habits with discipline: The important factor that leads to success is discipline in your journey to achieving your dreams. It is your responsibility to form good habits. These will help you achieve a good lifestyle and in turn, success. We all need to develop a positive habit and also to follow it with discipline. For example, if you decide to lose weight and for that develop a habit to wake up early and jog around in the park. Without discipline this will be a waste effort. Hence, positive habits will help you to feel more self-motivated and you will work harder towards our goals.
  • Increased energy will increase motivation: If you are not excited towards your dream and goals, then you will not be able to achieve it. Your dreams must charge you with positive energy. When you achieve some success your energy and confidence go sky high. These small achievements help to charge energy and increase your self-motivation.
  • Follow a continuous learning approach: As Albert Einstein once said, “The day you stop learning, you start dying”. This quotation is self-explanatory and will charge anyone to be curious and start learning everything possible that will help you get closer towards your goals. When you learn something new your skills and capabilities develop and it affects your performance. If you focus on developing your skills, you will achieve success faster. Hence, learning new skills and gaining knowledge is directly related to increased confidence, which helps you to be self-motivated.

These were some points that are applicable in each and everyone’s life that will help each and every one to be self-motivated and work harder towards their goals. The above discussed points are the basic requirements that will help you to succeed in life and you will be proud of your achievement. Gratitude and thankfulness are two emotions that will also help you enjoy little successes and stay charged to keep going in life and later achieve greater success.

Marvin John

About the Author

Marvin John is from Raipur, Chhattisgarh. He is an MBA Finance and HHM (Hospital and Healthcare Management) student from MIT-WPU, Pune. He has done BCom from MATS University, Raipur. He has been recently recruited by Deloitte US India for Tax Consultant profile.

 

 

 

 

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