Action Inspires Motivation

Are you still finding yourself procrastinating and waiting for inspiration to strike? Maybe you have work to complete some assignments or a project but you simply aren’t feeling it. You might have tried to find motivation by taking a walk or by organizing your workspace – but did it work?

Chances are, you might have found a little bit of motivation but then you were back to feeling unmotivated.

The thing is: Motivation works best when it comes after the action has already started.

Start by doing something – anything.

Any action itself inspires motion. By using the momentum of a project that you’re already engaged in, you’re able to use your current forward motion to encourage yourself to keep going. This method of motivation is much more positive because you’re looking at the fact that you’re already doing something (“Hooray, look at how much I’ve gotten done so far…let’s see how much more I can accomplish.”) When you work hard at something, you will often find the work itself inspires you.

Act “as-if.”

The idea behind this is simple – you act like you’re already motivated and amazingly, you’ll feel motivated. It’s kind of like making yourself smile when you’re not happy, only to find out once you’re smiling that you’re feeling happier.

Remember that action is the key. So act first – and the motivation will follow. You’ll be amazed at the difference.