Motivators... Catch People Doing Things Right

Executive Summary By Josh Hinds
People love to be rewarded. It makes no difference if you're talking about dealing with your family or a disgruntled employee the fact remains that people like to be appreciated. If you do, the rest will take care of itself.

Don't Let The De-Motivators Get You Down
Executive Summary By Tim Connor

Let’s look at de-motivators. -negative people.

-people who invalidate you.

-an incorrect personal interpretation of failure, problems and/or adversity.

-managers who rely on fear and punishment as motivators.
De-motivators come in all shapes and sizes. Apathy is one of the most destructive human emotions when it comes to performance, productivity, happiness, success, motivation and overall behavior.
I suggest you conduct an internal as well as external self – audit of your de-motivators. Identify them, question their purpose and value in your life, decide if it is time to rid yourself of their power over you or - learn to live with the consequences of keeping them in your life.
One of the best ways to improve self-motivation and personal performance is to eliminate the de-motivators from your life, whatever form they take.

Fear and Greed as Motivators
Executive Summary By John V. W. Howe

A colleague of mine once made the comment that two of the strongest motivators of people are fear and greed. If we have money, we always want more.
Since respectable businesses will not associate with porn, let's address fear and greed.
This offer appeals to greed. Remember FEAR and GREED. On the contrary, if you are writing sales pages or landing pages for your own website, you can employ the basic human emotions of fear and greed as motivators since they will enable you to create some "killer" sales pages.

How to Use Core Values As Motivators to Jump Start Yourself and Others to Maximum Results
Executive Summary By Doc Miller

You're right, nobody wears descriptive badges you can see if you were looking.

You might call core values, your fallback position. You can throw away the orange peels ( if you don't compost them). Isn't it handy that God made oranges in sections! Career
Social Life
Financial Security
Spiritual Development
Family
Health and Vigor
Leisure
Personal Growth

Not only are these the orange section labels but they also represent how the smartest people can segment their lives to exercise some balance. These"segments" or parts are also the places where core values hide or have homes. Although we may share many core values, we each have our own set and we generally aren't motivated by someone else's values. In the game of motivating, if you assume, you're dead. What is your most favorite leisure time activity? Most people call it self-interest. Can you ask enough personal questions?

33 Ways To Get And Keep Yourself Motivated

Executive Summary by dragos

Being motivated is a wonderful state of your being. In that state your body leverages huge amounts of energy. Your emotional field is totally balanced, physically you’re able to climb the Everest and mentally you understand the whole Universe in a split of a second. I know you know the feeling. The good news is that you can re-create this state pretty much whenever you want. Here are 33 tips to help you get and stay motivated.

1. Ignore The Unimportant
2. Understand What Makes You Bored
3. Laugh More Often
4. Keep A Log Of Your Breakthroughs
5. Exercise
6. Create A Custom Environment
7. Read Success Stories
8. Switch Tasks
9. Assess Your Progress
10. Talk About Your Projects
11. Avoid Energy Vampires
12. Write Clear Goals
13. Exercise Satisfaction
14. Accept Failure
15. Use Affirmations
16. Play Games
17. Say “No”
18. Look For Positive People
19. Difficulty Is Part Of The Game
20. Create Personal Challenges
21. Chose Positive Motivation
22. Release Your Guardians
23. Enforce Your Personal Mission
24. Spend Time Outside
25. Keep A Clean Inbox
26. Don’t Aim For Perfection
27. Do One Thing At A Time
28. Keep A Source Of Inspiring Readings
29. Put On Some Good Music
30. Don’t Fall Into The Productivity Trap
31. Keep Your Life Lenses Clean
32. Clean Up Your House
33. Stop Reading This And Get To Work

Get Off Your Butt: 16 Ways to Get Motivated When You’re in a Slump
Executive Summary By Zenhabits

Even the most motivated of us — you, me, Tony Robbins — can feel unmotivated at times. In fact, sometimes we get into such a slump that even thinking about making positive changes seems too difficult.
But it’s not hopeless: with some small steps, baby ones in fact, you can get started down the road to positive change.
Yes, I know, it seems impossible at times. You don’t feel like doing anything. I’ve been there, and in fact I still feel that way from time to time. You’re not alone. But I’ve learned a few ways to break out of a slump, and we’ll take a look at those today.
This post was inspired by reader Roy C. Carlson, who asked:
“I was wondering if you could do a piece on why it can be hard for someone to change direction and start taking control of their life. I have to say I’m in this boat and advice on getting out of my slump would be great.”
Roy is just one of many with a slump like that. Again, I feel that way sometimes myself, and in fact sometimes I struggle to motivate myself to exercise — and I’ll use that as an example of how to break out of the slump.
When I fall out of exercise, due to illness or injury or disruption from things going on in my life, it’s hard to get started again. I don’t even feel like thinking about it, sometimes. But I’ve always found a way to break out of that slump, and here are some things I’ve learned that have helped:
1. One Goal.
2. Find inspiration.
3. Get excited.
4. Build anticipation.
5. Post your goal.
6. Commit publicly.
7. Think about it daily.
8. Get support.
9. Realize that there’s an ebb and flow.
10. Stick with it.
11. Start small. Really small.
12. Build on small successes.
13. Read about it daily.
14. Call for help when your motivation ebbs.
15. Think about the benefits, not the difficulties.
16. Squash negative thoughts; replace them with positive ones.

10 ways to get motivated for change in 2010
Executive Summary By Elizabeth Landau, CNN

CNN) -- A new decade is about to start, and you may be tempted to set a copious list of resolutions for yourself in order to broadly "make life better."
You may be thinking that you'll jump in on January 1 to reform everything from diet to relationships to personality.
That, experts say, is the wrong approach. It's great to want to make changes, but in order to actually accomplish your goals, they say, it's important to be realistic, specific, and accountable.
Here are 10 things you can do to help yourself stay in a mindset to make positive changes in the coming year:
1. Set smaller goals with smaller steps
2. Frame your goals positively
3. Look at the pros and cons
4. Get a resolutions buddy
5. Be specific
6. Know thyself
7. Examine deeper issues
8. Don't be overanxious
9. Be flexible
10. Keep your eye on the ball

Ways to Motivate

11 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Complete any Task in New Year

Motivation is the mental push from you to accomplish an action. People have motives to do many things. Maslow’s Theory, one of the widely discussed theories of motivation debates that physiological needs (such as food, water, sleep etc) are the most basic and fundamental.
We lose motivation with our projects and tasks. We need more defined ways to motivate us everyday.
1. Start with the small bits.
2. Look forward the success after completion.
3. Rewards.
4. Find your motivational switch.
5. Map the task into long-term goals.
6. Think about how procrastination eats away at your success.
7. Give yourself a punishment or consequences.
8. Ask yourself a question: Why work?
9. Looks for bits that you really love to do, and do it.
10. Join with other people who are working hard.
11. Kill the repetitions and schedule.

25 Simple Ways to Motivate Yourself
Executive Summary by Henrik Edberg

Feeling less than motivated all too often?
Want some practical solutions to that universal motivation-problem ?
1. Make a deal with yourself.
2. Act like it.
3. Ask uplifting questions in the morning.
4. Move the goalposts.
5. Do something small and create a flow.
6. Do the toughest task first.
7. Start slow.
8. Compare yourself with yourself. Not with others.
9. Remember your successes.
10. Act like your heroes.
11. Remember to have fun.
12. Get out of your comfort zone.
13. Don’t fear failure.
14. Do some research on what you are about to do.
15. Figure out why you´re doing something.
16. Write down your goals and reasons for working towards them.
17. Take The Positivity Challenge!
18. Cut down on TV.
19. Break it down.
20. Reprogram your information intake.
21. Make use of your creativity.
22. Find out what makes you happy.
24. Think outside your box.
25. Make each day count.

31 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Exercise

“80 percent of success is showing up.” – Woody Allen
Executive Summary by Leo Babauta.

1. How you feel after a workout.
2. Time for you.
3. Calories burned.
4. Having fun.
5. How you’re going to look.
6. Magazines.
7. Cover models.
8. Blogs.
9. Success stories.
10. Forums.
11. Rewards.
12. Fitting into new clothes.
13. Being attractive.
14. Adrenaline rush.
15. Stress relief.
16. Time for contemplation.
17. A workout partner.
18. An exercise class.
19. A coach or trainer.
20. An exercise log/graph.
21. Your before picture.
22. A 5K race or triathlon.
23. The dread of feeling “yuck” from not exercising.
24. Living long enough to see your grandkids … and play with them.
25. The scale.
26. Reaching a goal.
27. Posting it on your blog.
28. Motivational quotes.
29. Books.
30. Others commenting on how good you look.
31. An upcoming day at the beach, or a reunion.

Five Ways to Motivate Students
Executive Summary By Jay Mathews

Marc objected to this new and extraordinary school policy. "Grades are a means of communication and motivation," he said. They won't work in that way, Marc said, if you turn "mediocre grades into a death sentence."
"Engaging Minds: Motivation and Learning in America's Schools" by David A. Goslin was published in 2003.
Goslin's thoughts, still fresh and relevant, can be summarized as five ways to motivate students, a topic of central importance in the national effort to improve our schools.
1. Only work on those who need it.
2. Stop telling them they're smart.
3. Make sure the homework isn't stupid.
4. Show some respect for learning.
5. Involve the kid's family.

MOTIVATE YOUR LEARNERS WITH THESE 5 SIMPLE TIPS

You do this by tapping into the learner’s motivation.
Typically, people are motivated when their learning has meaning. For example, if I know that passing a course will equate to an increase in my income, I am motivated to pass the course.
5 Ways to Motivate Your Learners
Reward Your Learners.
Make Sure Your Course Has Real Value.
Help Your Learners Perform Better.
Set Clear Expectations for the Course.
Tell Them They’re Wrong.