2. SELF MOTIVATION
• Self-motivation is a guiding force that is very important in
your life.
• All of us have certain goals and targets in life. Youpursue these
goals and work towards achieving the targets
• If we do not have sufficient goals in life we may be living our life
without any proper sense of direction or aim.
• This will eventually lead us to nowhere and we may leave this
world without achieving anything concrete in life.
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3. WHY DO WE NEED SELF- MOTIVATION?
There are many things that self-motivation can do for you:
• Self-motivation encourages you to plan goalsand the strategies to achieve
them.
• Self-motivation adds excitement and enthusiasm into your life. Youadd zest to
your life and your activities become much more interesting
• Self-motivation increases and supports your willpower which cushions you
when you face obstacles or setbacks. Youmove along boldly against the
challenges and adversities in your life.
• Self-motivation prepares and encourages to accept new opportunities, try new
techniques and seek new adventures
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5. A Formula for Motivation
V x E = M
• V = Values (how important something is to us)
• E = Expectation (how confident we are about
achieving it)
• M = Motivation (how motivated we are when you
multiple V and E)
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6. Example of V x E = M
• Joe’s goal is to earn an “A”
in his English class
• Joe want’s to become a
published author, so his
goal has high value, a 10
• Joe always has done well
in writing course, so his
expectation of success is
also 10
• Joe’s formula:
V x E = M
10 x 10 = 100
• Clearly, his motivation is
high
• Dive Deeper: What if it
was a science class?
Science is not Joe’s
favorite subject.
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7. How to Set a Goal Using DAPPS
• To be truly motivating, a goal needs 5 qualities
• “DAPPS” is an acronym:
– Dated
– Achievable
– Personal
– Positive
– Specific
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8. Dated
• Motivating goals have specific deadlines
• Short term goals are a few months or less
• Long term goals are usually more than a year
• As your deadline approaches, your motivation
typically increases
• If you don’t meet your deadline, you have
opportunity to review and create a new plan
• Without a deadline, you could stretch your
pursuit of a goal and may not reach it
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9. Achievable
• Motivating goals are challenging but realistic
• Example:
– Getting ready for a marathon:
• Practice one week before by running around the block
• Practice one year before with someone who has done it
• Set your limit… not too high and not too low
• Ask yourself: “Is achieving this goal at least 50%
believable to me?” Or “Can this be done?”
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10. Personal
• Motivating goals are your
goals, not someone else’s
• Ask yourself if this goal
contribute to your personal
desire/dream?
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11. Positive
• Motivating goals focus your energy on what you
do want rather than on what you don’t want
• Translate negative goals into positive goals
– Negative: I’m not going to fail this class
– Positive: I’m going to earn at least a B in this class
– Negative: I will stop being late to classes
– Positive: I will arrive early to every class
– Negative: I will stop eating junk food
– Positive: I will start eating healthy food
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12. Specific
• Motivating goals state outcomes in specific,
measurable terms
• Example
– Good: My goal is to do better this semester
– Better: I goal is to achieve a 8.5 GPA by Dec. 12, 20XX
– Good: My goal is to play harder on the basketball
court
– Better: My goal is to achieve at least 80% field goal by
Oct. 15, 20XX
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13. Review DAPPS
Dated: specific deadlines for goals
Achievable: realistic goals
Personal: goals are your goals, not someone
else’s
Positive: focus your energy on what you do
want rather than what you don’t want
Specific: goals state outcomes in specific,
measurable terms
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15. Set Goals
• A major mistake made by most people is that they set their goals
only in “mind”. And anything out of mind turns out to be out of
sight.
• Hence, make a note of all the goals that you intend to achieve,
before you sleep in a notepad and place it right in front of you.
• Every morning when you wake up, a look at the notepad would
remind you of the targets. Moreover, make realistic goals that can
be achieved.
• Unset goal in life is like starting a business without having a capital
to invest.
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16. Stay Focused
• Another problem with most people is that they get influenced by
other people easily.
• Often, people try to divert you from your goal, thereby creating
bad feelings that are worthless and rubbish.
• As the popular saying goes, “Don’t get mad, get even”. Hence, take
those bad feelings as a challenge and make efforts to minimize
them.
• Whenever you feel someone is trying to pull you back, work twice
hard and prove them wrong.
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17. Do Not Procrastinate
• Once you have set goals for yourself, do not make excuses to delay
them, else you will never be able to achieve them.
• Never let procrastination come in your way of accomplishing the
tasks.
• The best way of keeping it at bay is to start working on the goals
immediately.
• Break down the goals into small bits to make them easily
achievable.
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18. Stay Positive
• In case you are finding it hard to stay focused on your goals, the
best way is to stay optimistic and positive towards reaching the
final line.
• Confidence and optimism serve as your best friends in your tough
and rough times.
• Spend adequate time with family and friends who themselves
are positive and motivated.
• People who are discouraging and pessimistic should be
kept at distance.
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19. Reward Yourself
• The best and perfect way to keep motivating yourself is by
rewarding yourself on completing a particular task.
• Conquering small battles is the best motivation secret for moving
on to the next goal.
• Through rewarding and congratulating yourself, you are increasing
your self-esteem. Hence, self motivation gets easier and
attainable.
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20. Some motivating quotes…..
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“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are
not in your favour.”
~Elon Musk
“the only way to do great work is to love what you do..”
~Steve jobs
“the world will not remember what you say ,but it will certainly
not forget what you have done”.
~jack ma
“I knew that if failed I wouldn’t regret that but,
I knew one thing I might regret is not trying .”
~Jeff Bezzos
