One of the biggest problems people have in trying to motivate themselves is the ability to put things off to the future and to look back at past failures.
Everyone will have had these feelings at one time or another and even the most successful people will have been tempted to put things off until the conditions are right.
Deep down we know that putting things off isn’t the best option but we still do it anyway because it’s the easy way out.
If we were focused on now, right this moment we would understand that the only time to get things done is now. If you want to achieve something worthwhile you have to do it now in the present moment. Only until you’ve understood this kind of thinking can you effectively plan for the future because you’ll then be making plans that you know you will carry out, not just procrastinating.
Don’t wait until the perfect time
It’s all too easy to wait until everything is perfect. The truth is that the time is rarely perfect and you could be waiting a very long time for that perfect moment.
Get out of your comfort zone
Starting when it seems too early or when things don’t seem quite right might means you have to get a little bit uncomfortable. No-one said achieving your goals was easy and there wouldn’t be painful times.
By just going for it and taking the first step now you’ll break through your comfort zone and what seemed uncomfortable before will get easier and easier.
The time is never right so why wait, just start now. Before you know it, that difficult first step will be behind you and you’ll have momentum which will keep your motivation going.
Stop the excuses
You probably have a hundred reasons why you haven’t got started now and they are probably all coming to the front of your mind right now. These excuses are part of why you haven’t got to where you want to be already.
Don’t listen to those excuses, don’t cultivate them in your mind, don’t give them importance, just do it now.
But I might fail
You might fail that’s very true. But you might succeed too. Are you scared to fail or scared to succeed, or both?
If you’re either one of those fears, or both, you can see that you’re probably at a place of no action and no motivation and there’s only one sure thing. You won’t get to where you want to go. You dreams will stay just that, dreams.
Everyone who has ever been successful has failed at something sometime in their lives. Successful people will tell you that the key to success is failure.
If you fail enough times you will get there eventually. If you never try because you’re too scared to fail you can only be sure of one thing and that is that you’ll never achieve what you want.
So stop putting things off and look to the present moment to get your motivation, and just do what you have to do right now. Take the first step on that exciting journey to success.