Need Help With Motivation??? How to stay MOTIVATED in any situation
Are you looking for a way to stay motivated?
Or have you struggled with motivation in the past?
That’s OK, because today we will talk about:
A process to help you stay motivated in any situation
Throughout my life, people have always asked me how I have always been highly motivated in whatever I have done:
- How I was able to stay motivated to push myself as an athlete
- How I was able to stay motivated to impact athletes as a coach
- How I was able to stay motivated to create new content and speeches as a speaker
And, throughout my life, I have most often responded with something along the lines of:
“Because I want to be the best person I can be.”
And although there is a lot of truth in that, it doesn’t quite accurately paint the real picture.
Because as I have reflected …
I have never felt the need for motivation!
For the most part, I have loved everything I’ve done so much that I’ve never really needed motivation.
If you are struggling with motivation, this is where I would encourage you to start:
Are you actually doing what you love to do?
If so, motivation should render itself obsolete …
There should be little need for motivation since you love to do it so much.
If not, reflect on why you are doing it in the first place.
Is it because society tells you “you should be doing it” ???
And, where might Life be guiding you instead.
However, there are some times in our lives when the pure love of the craft is not enough for motivation, and we need to find an alternative method.
In this case,
What do we do???
And although most of my life I have never really needed motivation,
There was one situation where I did need to find an additional process to keep me motivated.
There was a period in my life where I got extremely sick.
My body shut down and stopped producing the hormones that provided me the energy to get out of bed and carry on with my day.
As my body started to shut down, my willpower also began to shut down:
- I was losing the will to do what I loved to do
- I was losing the will to get out of bed
- I was losing the will to live
However, I couldn’t lay around in pity all day!!!
During this time, I was a student in college and a coach of a high school basketball team …
So I needed to go to school and coach these young men.
I needed to find a process to stay motivated and overcome my medical conditions.
I desperately grasped for different ideas, tools, and methods …
But all of them seemed to fail!!!
However, I did find one process that worked for me. One that gave me the energy to overcome my medical complications, go to school, and impact the athletes at practice.
The Process
Step 0
When I woke up, I would take some intense breaths to ensure I would not fall back asleep.
Step 1
After breathing, I went deep within myself.
Past my heart and to a place so deep it did not even feel like it was a part of me …
Yet at the same time, I knew it was one of the purest parts of me there was.
Step 2
After connecting with this deep part of me …
I felt and visualized myself going throughout my day, emanating from this source of potential:
- How I interacted with my teachers
- How I interacted with my classmates
- How I interacted with my players at practice
Step 3
After seeing how this source of potential impacted those nearest to me, I began to feel and visualize this source of potential emanating from me and impacting people beyond:
- In the school
- In the community
- In the state, country, and world
And if that was not enough, I even extended it to see how it impacted people for generations to come.
And through this process, I experienced enough energy to get out of bed, go to school, and impact people at practice.
IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH YOUR MOTIVATION
I would recommend a similar process.
First, reflect on whether you are doing what you love to do.
If so, go deep within you, so deep you connect with a source of potential that does not feel like it’s a part of you, yet at the same time you know it’s one of the purest forms of you there is.
Feel and visualize yourself going throughout your day, emanating from this source of potential.
See it impacting those around you …
And extend it beyond:
- To those in your family, on your team, and in your school
- To those in your community, state, and country
- To those in the entire world
Eventually, this process will give you the energy to do whatever it is you are here to do.
I wish you well on your journey of being motivated in any situation, and I look forward to seeing you next week.
Inspiring YOU every step of your way,
Kyle
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