How to strengthen your motivation to accomplish your dreams

By: Hani Al-Qasem

How badly do you want your aspirations? How motivated are you to be persistent in going after your goals and dreams until they are realised?

How much you want your goals and dreams reveals the strength of your motivation. It is that strength that will steadfastly go after your dreams irrespective of any setbacks.

I recall a friend who set himself a goal that he felt extremely excited about. He talked for days on end about that goal; what it meant to him and how he really wanted to have it within six months at the most.

A couple of months later, my friend Bill, took me aside. I could see he was feeling depressed. He went on to tell me how disappointed he was that his goal had not been realised.

“Goal? What Goal?” was my honest answer. It was not what Bill wanted to hear.

“You know, my goal to get a toned body,” Bill answered, with a sense of frustration in his voice.

“Oh that. I thought you were kidding. We all figured you changed your mind since we don’t see you going to the gym anymore,” I replied.

What happened here?

In the beginning, Bill was thrilled about his new goal of getting a toned body; a sculptured chest, arms and thighs. He was full of motivation and determination to achieve that goal.

He regularly went to the gym four to five days a week. He took his protein shakes, his Creatine and chatted endlessly about his training schedule and how pleased he was with his progress.

By the third month, he started to workout twice a week and mid-way through that month it trickled to once a week.

His problem was he couldn’t understand why his motivation to workout had dwindled to once a week half-way through the third month.

“At the beginning, I was so full of eagerness. I felt nothing could stop me,” he explained.

So what went wrong? Where did his incredible motivation go?

After careful consideration, it came to light that Bill had lost his initial burst of motivation because he was not really passionate about being sculptured.

It was merely a passing ‘wish’. In other words, he did not want to be sculptured badly enough. If he did, if he felt passionate, he would have continued his workout routine no matter what challenges or distractions he faced.

Bill was torn between two thoughts. The first said, “Yeah I’d like to have a sculptured body.” But his opposing second thought argued, “Sure, but you could get along in life without it.”

And who won? His conflicting thought did. You see, Bill would have ‘liked’ the firm body, but he did not turn that wish into a solid goal. The toned body idea remained just that, an a wish. As such, his once powerful motivation had weakened until it disappeared.

If he had turned it into a goal, he would have pursued it. He would have been enthusiastic to pursue that goal irrespective of how how busy he was.

After all, it was his goal. And goals are meant to be achieved.

Passion ignites the drive from deep within to maintain the motivation to reach all sorts of goals and dreams. Passion provides the fuel to keep you in a highly motivated state of mind.

Once you find out what you are passionate about, increase your motivation to remain persistent regardless of any obstacles.

In time, your motivation will increase in strength regardless of any interruptions.

Motivation pushes you to take consistent daily action to achieve and live your goals.

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