What is motivation? The origins of motivation come from the Latin word movere to move. Further investigation suggests that motivation is an inner drive or impulse that causes someone to take action.

So what is moving you to take action and to go forward? How do you keep yourself going when life keeps throwing you curve balls?

After working with hundreds of individuals, I have discovered that the following 3 simple capacities are great motivation techniques.

First, why do you want to go forward? You probably have some dreams that you wish to turn into reality. Years ago I read somewhere that Goals are dreams with endings.

By having a proven goal setting process supported and reinforced with a proven goal setting tool will help your own motivation. I do not use the word self motivation because that truly is an oxymoron much like time management.

Second, what is keeping you from moving forward? The simple answer is probably your Attitudes. Attitudes are literally habits of thoughts that we have day in and day out. Your ability to keep these thoughts positive and focused on your goals will greatly increase your motivation.

Third, how do you overcome the lack of motivation? The answer is throughSelf Leadership Skills. These skills are comprised on strong interpersonal skills necessary for success both personally and professionally. When you developed your Self Leadership Skills such as time management, you can achieve more and therefore realize greater motivation through those achievements.

Take the time to assess:

* Your goals
* Your attitudes
* Your self leadership skills

and watch your motivation began to soar high. Again, the simple question is What do you have to lose by not adding this G.A.S. to your personal motivation?

Do you some simple, but honest ideas in how to increase your motivation? Then you might be interested in Three Missing Pieces for Organizational & Personal Success a combination e book and e workbook at http://www.processspecialist.com/e-books-htm This easy e book focuses on helping you with the 3 key areas of setting goals, understanding attitudes and self leadership skills.

Call me, Leanne Hoagland-Smith, at 219.759.5601 or visit at http://www.processspecialist.com to explore everything from how my solutions double results to articles and resources including the Simply Speaking series.

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