Motivating Yourself Everyday

   Motivating Yourself Everyday

Do you still remember when you were younger, participating in a baseball game or a cheerleading contest, and your parents and teachers were huddled in the sidelines cheering on you and shouting words that were meant to invigorate your efforts and push you forward? It would be nice to have your parents and teachers cheering you on every time you need a boost of confidence, but things do not really happen that way especially now that you are all grown up.

The Power of Words

Words are just words but if you are able to choose the right things to say, you will realize that words can be truly powerful and effective. Self-affirmations are effective and you can choose to start your day, by whispering certain positive phrases to yourself, facing the mirror and talking straight to yourself, and by reading motivational notes posted in your room. Not a lot of people understand how important words are, but once you see the effect it has on your day, you might begin to whisper more “power words” to yourself.

Simply saying, “You can do this!” every time you are about to face a challenge will surely make a difference. There are so many other examples of words and you just have to pick the right one for your situation, and make a habit of starting your day with it.

Talking to Yourself

Not a lot of people are able to talk to themselves and they will probably think it is ridiculous and insane. Still, who do you expect should converse with the “inner self” residing in you? Everyone has an inner potential that is usually slumbering comfortably, and you need to awaken this part of yourself, to be able to utilize it well.

                                                                                                         

How to Talk to Yourself

If you are having a hard time choosing the right motivational words, here is a guide that you can follow:

Step 1: In every journey that man has to take, it is always difficult to take the first step. For some reason, your heart and your feet will feel heavier and it will be very hard for you make the first move, but once you get the ball rolling, things will be a lot different. A good motivational expression would be to say, “Today, I decide to do this...” It is hard to make a decision to do something, but you have to declare and claim it as your reality.

Step 2: Once you begin, you have to keep on going. You will meet difficulties along the way that will hamper your view, cloud your decisions and make it harder for you to move on. Still, you know what you are doing and you should be strong enough to say: “I can do it... I am doing great!”

Step 3: Finally, just when you are about to claim your spot in the finish line, things will shake and you can fall. Regardless, you should be wise enough to understand that, “Everything will be alright” so that you can proceed, move forward and be there to say, “I did it!”

Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring a Life Coach

Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring a Life Coach

Life coaches can be more than just your guides-- they can be your friends. Friends are people who are there for you, all the way. They are not family since you are not related to them by blood; but they will treat you as if you are important to them, and that is something that you can greatly benefit from.

Making a Mistake

Unfortunately, it is possible to make a mistake when hiring a life coach. There are a number of life coaches registered in directories. Some of them have undergone proper training and have gained the right certification to offer their expertise to various clients. Some of them promote themselves as legitimate life coaches, but they have not secured proper credentials to justify such claims. Needless to say, it is quite easy to make a mistake when choosing life coach, so you have to be careful.

Here are the common mistakes that people make when they hire their life coach. To avoid all the hassle, make sure to keep yourself away from these:

·        Forgetting to prepare for the interview: If you yourself are interviewing the life coach, make sure that you are prepared to face this person. The same thing applies if someone else is doing the interviewing for you. Make sure that before you interview the candidate, you are prepared with the right questions.

·        Setting your criteria too high: There is a big difference between being meticulous and being impossible. When you set your criteria, it is nice to have high expectations but make sure that your criteria is possible to be attained. Otherwise, you will not get to hire anyone.

·        Hiring someone because you know him or her: Never hire someone just because you know him or her. Hire someone because of his or her ability as a life coach and not because a family member is forcing you to hire someone they know.

The Pain of Making a Mistake

To be able to find the right coach, you have to go through the right process. You have to take the hiring process seriously because this is your chance to tweak and be in charge of everything. Making a mistake will be quite expensive, because if you realize that you hired the wrong coach, you will have to find another one and go through the whole hiring process again. It is going to be a waste of time and a waste of your money.

The Right One

To be able to guarantee success in hiring, you have to do the work. You have to make a thorough research of the candidate you are considering to get for yourself. Make sure that the life coach has the right credentials, the training, the licenses and the certificates. Investigate on the reputation of this particular coach. Make sure to ask experts in the market and ask their past clients to be able to get a firsthand view of how they are at work.

It may also be important to get to know the life coach personally. Get to know a little about his or her personal background. Ask about their personal history, especially their educational attainment. As a life coach, you will need to explore further into their preferred methods, because this will influence the work that you can expect from them.

Methods of Self-Motivation

Methods of Self-Motivation

There are many reasons why things fail. Before you start blaming other people, however, you should look at yourself first. Most of the time, the problem is within you—you just refuse to open your eyes to the truth. To be able to achieve something great in your life, you have to be physically, mentally and emotionally capable to make things happen for yourself. If your situation deems you unfit to make changes in your life, another power has to exist. Self-motivation is very powerful; it is the invisible drive that helps people overcome their incapacities, and it should be your goal to learn how to motivate yourself.

Importance of Self-Motivation

Why should you bother motivating yourself? Can you really control what your mind thinks and how your mind works? Motivation is very important when you are trying to achieve something in your life. When one is completely motivated, he or she is able to perform in the best way possible, and produce top quality results. Motivation functions several ways. It can help turn things around if you are feeling down and weak; and it can improve the work you do.

Motivating Yourself Everyday

It should not be hard to push yourself to achieve great things. It does not really matter how big or how small your goals are, you should motivate yourself to see things through and make things happen. Here are some ways you can do this:

·        Keep the desire alive. Every single day you have to remind yourself about your goals. Always keep your dream alive and remind yourself how important it is. Have a means to constantly remind yourself of your purpose. You can write your goals on a piece of paper, so that you can always be reminded of it and you can have a means of tracking your progress, to inspire yourself to push even harder. 

·        Challenge yourself. Games and contests are fun to join because the competitive air keeps your blood alive. You can also apply this to your own life. When you have something to do, you can keep things more interesting by adding some element of challenge, which will make success taste even sweeter.

·        Heighten your strength. To make sure that you are always capable to do the things you ought to do, you have to keep your strengths up. Get rid of stress and make sure you give yourself time to rest; also, exercise and eat well, so that your body will be equipped to function effectively.

·        Achieve small things first. By keeping things simple and by allowing yourself to achieve smaller goals, first, you increase your confidence gradually, to prepare for the bigger stuff.

·        Do something you love to do. Passion is always enough to motivate people to do beyond what they are expected to do. Therefore, be true to your heart and do not stop yourself from doing something that you love to do.

Motivational Tools

Knowing how to motivate yourself is one thing, knowing how to keep yourself motivated is another. You can keep the levels up by means of giving yourself rewards and incentives. Acknowledge good performance and encourage it by appreciating even the littlest things you are able to accomplish.

Meditation for Success and Development

Meditation for Success and Development

Everyone has big dreams. Sometimes, people know what to do and where to go, but they lose themselves along the way to the top. It is quite normal for someone to be caught in between the huddle of distractions. Life will always offer a variety of things and you will meet a pool of distractions that you have to deal with. If you allow yourself to be overcome by these hurdles, you will lose your way and forget everything. Meditation will help you channel through, so that you can keep the bad elements out of the picture and focus on what really matters.

Understanding Meditation

Meditation is the process of quieting one’s mind. You can keep the mind silent amidst all the struggles, doubts, pain and stress that you are feeling, and it is possible because meditation is able to channel through the state of consciousness beyond what you experience when you are awake. Meditation, as a science, follows a specific process and it helps a participant achieve a different kind of experience. In a meditative state, you will have successfully cleared your mind so that it is relaxed and focussed. Through meditation, you are able to escape from your external environment while remaining fully awake. What you achieve is a state of stillness, so that you can get rid of confusion, disappointment and doubt.

What You Achieve Through Meditation

Meditation can be done any way and in any hour of the day. Most people choose to start their days with meditation, so that they can channel out what has happened in the past and give themselves a chance to start anew. You can choose to start your day with meditation, so you will be more effective in your various functions:

·        If you want to be able to give it your “ALL”, you can use meditation to find the specific center that will help you to be fully present.

·        Through successful meditation you get to identify your unproductive habits and reflexes and create some kind of balance that allows you to be more free to do what you have to do.

·        Meditation will give you freedom from endless noise and chaos. Sometimes you can cover your ears and your eyes to the distractions but it is not as easy as that. Meditation gives you freedom from everything, so you will be content and peaceful.

Creating Your Meditation Room

People use meditation for all kinds of things. You can also meditate anywhere, but you can choose to have a meditation room where you can practice in peace, away from other people. You can create a perfect environment that will be conducive for achieving balance; and you ensure such a success by designing your perfect meditation room:

·        Incense: The smell of incense will help you relax. Incense come in different scents and you can choose a perfect scent that appeals to you the most, but lavender is a famous choice.

·        Cushions: When you meditate, you will be on the floor and this can be quite uncomfortable, especially if you are going to spend a length of time in the room. The pillows will help you stay longer because it will make sure that you are comfortable.

·        Music player: Music plays a big role in meditation. It can create a perfect mood and help your relax.

·        Candles: The candles may or may not have scent, but since meditation is done well in the dark, you can have a dimly lit setting with the help of candles.

·        Flowers: Flowers are color reminders of life and it gives a very faint scent, that when combined with the candles and the incense, will create a perfect atmosphere.