Practical Tips to Get Yourself Motivated

Wet Noodles…….  Wet noodles can have problems with starting a task or finishing…….  BUT….  The same goes with the rest of us.

It’s funny, I was always highly motivated to get things done, overachieve…….  Ahhhh…….  But wait……..  Always? Really? “Always” and “Motivation” almost never go hand in hand, anyone that says they are “always motivated” are either a machine or lying.

It’s funny, I remember in school being lazy……  My first job I was always on time and liked the people, I wasn’t lazy.  But then in my early 20′s I had a few bouts with laziness.  I finally found my internal motivation….  Winning…….  Yep, gold ole plain butt kicking other people……  Especially in sales and motivating others to over achieve for me……

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Rules of Motivation

Self motivation is huge………  An enormous challenge in all stages of life and in all arenas.  Whether it’s exercise, diet choices, looking for a new job, or excelling at the job you have.

Over the years I have seen many people who had every skill imaginable to be successful, they lacked one key component, motivation.  I can remember one of my first management jobs in my 20′s, I had an employee who would of made a great manager.  I tried everything to motivate him to do more and try more.

One day, MY manager asked me when I was going to

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Personality Theories

“Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.” Albert Einstein

“Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.” Zig Ziglar

Personality Theories

First, let’s cover some history… The study of personality is at least 25 centuries old.  In 450 B.C., Hippocrates described four temperaments. Galen, in 100 A.D. also described four temperaments.  Both scholars differed in their ideas and descriptions. Personality Type theories put everyone into one of several “types” of personalities.  This could be as simple as Type A and Type B, or one of 16 4-letter personality types such as “INFA” which stands for “Introverted, iNtuative, Feeling, Adapting”.  It is also called “The Advocate” and it’s believed that only 1% of the population shares INFA.  So it’s possible 99% of people the INFA interacts with experiences the world differently.

Some differences….. Gordon Allport (1897-1967) was one of the first psychologists to study personality, human attitudes, prejudices and religious beliefs. His theory of personality, which rejected both Freudian psychology and behaviorism, emphasized the uniqueness of the individual and the need to treat problems in terms of present conditions as opposed to childhood experiences.

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