Don't Give Up

Came across this blog...Hence, post this as a self-motivation. Don't emo due to your CM1161 failure. Learn to grow!

Motivation, -noun

1. The act or an instance of motivating.

2. The state or condition of being motivated.

3. Something that motivates; inducement; incentive.

People often use the term “be motivated” or “I need motivation” yet despite it being one of the most talked about human characteristics, it is often found in the most difficult of places, hidden in the shadows, unwilling to be found. So where do we look? Well first we need to understand what we’re actually for. Do we just need a lift, a kick up our metaphorical backsides in order to be willing to get involved. Or, as in most cases, do we need something a little deeper than being spurred on, something mentally that needs discovered in our heads?

It’s only recently that I found my motivation that has been long lost inside my mind and like many people, believed I was searching, and fighting, and trying to find it amongst the shadows, but it is only now I realised I was looking in all the wrong places. If we open our eyes we see motivation is all around us. All it really took was 7 basic steps in the direction of self learning.

1 - Follow a path. Setting a major goal is what we all do when we need motivation, but we follow a fractured path. Split your goal into smaller tasks and learn how to achieve success step by step. After all, you never learn how to swim until you’ve learnt to paddle.

2 - Never quit. So often when faced with a challenge and when faced with pressures we buckle, and concede, roll over and get into a bad habit of giving 50% effort. See things through, if you fail so be it, but you’ll be surprised what you can learn through failure.

3 - Mutual emotion. People can’t truly be a solider, without being around other soldiers. Nobody in a winning Cup Final team can be a winner, without being around other winners. The same applies here. We will forever be unhappy if we around the unhappy. Seek confidence from those with confidence, and eventually you will find yourself giving confidence to others.

4 - Self learning. Procrastination is a good habit to get into. Man has a truly unrecognised ability to learn without the need of an instructor. When we learn the art of self education we will find, if not create, opportunity to find success we never imagined that we would.

5 - Natural talent. Natural talent creates motivation, motivation creates persistence, and persistence, ultimately, gets the job done.

6 - Learn and Grow. Read, practice and seek to increase our skills in subject we are fond of. Learn new songs if you are musician, write more jokes if you are a comedian, make more friends if you want more friendship. The more we learn and the more we grow the more an upward spiral of success develops.

7 - Risk taking. Why are humans so afraid of taking risks? Why do we feel the need to take the safe approach. It’s funny when you look at it, but the most successful people are the risk takers. So break out of the negative stereotype, take a risk or two and either achieve success or learn through failure. Whatever the outcome, it’s a step in the right direction.

If ever we feel the need to give up, don’t, just follow the 7 basic rules. The most important rule of all? The secret rule? When motivated, stay motivated.