Pain may sometimes be the reason why people change. Getting poor grades

makes us realize that we need to study. Debts remind us of our inability to

effectively manage our income and expenses. Whether it is a bitter experience, a

friend’s tragic story, a great movie, or an inspiring book, that experience will help

us get up with just the right amount of motivation we need in order to empower

ourselves.

With the countless negativities the world brings about, how do we

keep motivated? Try these tips from A to Z!

A. Achieve your dreams. Avoid negative people,

things and places. Eleanor Roosevelt once

said, “The future belongs to those who believe

in the beauty of their dreams.”

B. Believe in your self, and in what you can do.

C. Consider things from every angle and aspect.

Motivation comes from determination. To be able

to understand life, you should feel both the light

and the dark from both sides.

D. Don’t give in and don’t give up. Thomas Edison

“failed” thousands of times before he came up with

his invention and perfected the incandescent light

bulb. Make motivation as your steering wheel.

E. Enjoy. Work as if you don’t need money. Dance as if nobody’s

watching. Love as if you never cried. Learn as if you’ll live forever.

Motivation takes place when people are happy.

F. Family and Friends – are life’s greatest ‘F’ treasures. Don’t lose sight of
them.

G. Give more than what is enough. Where does motivation and self

growth take place at work? At home? At school? When you exert extra

effort in doing things.

H. Hang on to your dreams. They may dangle in there for a moment, but

these little stars will be your driving force.

I. Ignore those who try to destroy you. Don’t let other people to get the

best of you. Stay away from toxic people – the kind of friends who hates to

hear about your success are not true friends at all.

J. Just be yourself. The key to success is to be yourself. And the key

to failure is trying to please everyone.

K. Keep trying no matter how hard life may seem. When a person is

motivated, eventually she sees a harsh life finally clearing out, paving the

way to self growth.

L. Learn to love your self. Love of self is what enables us to love others

with our full heart.

M. Make things happen. Motivation is when your dreams are put into work

clothes.

N. Never lie, cheat or steal. Always play a fair game, even if nobody

is watching.

O. Open your eyes. Observe the world around you. Understand

what motivates you, and understand what demotivates you.

P. Practice. Practice is about immersing yourself into something until you

become one with it. There are few better ways to motive yourself than to

become motivation itself.

Q. Quitters never win. And winners never quit. So, choose your fate and

commit to it.

R. Ready yourself. Motivation is also about preparation. We must hear the

little voice within us telling us to get started before others will get on

their feet and try to push us around. Remember, it wasn’t raining when

Noah built the ark.

S. Stop procrastinating!

T. Take control of your life. Discipline or self control jives synonymously

with motivation. Both are key factors in self empowerment.

U. Understand others. If you know very well how to talk, you should also

learn how to listen. Yearn to understand first, and to be understood the

second.

V. Visualize it. Motivation without vision is like a boat on a dry land. Seeing

your target enables you to achieve it significantly more easily.

W. Want it more than anything. Dreaming means believing. And to

believe is something that is rooted out from the roots of motivation and

self growth.

x. X-Factor is what will make you different from the others. When

you are motivated, you tend to have “extras” in your life like extra time

for family, extra help at work, extra care for friends, and so on. These

“extras” are often the things that distinguish you from the unmotivated.

Y. You are unique. No one in this world looks, acts, or talks like you. Value

your life and existence, because you’re just going to spend it once.

Z. Zero in on your dreams and go for it!!!