HOW TO GET YOURSELF MOTIVATED

             

The word motivation means to move, to energize or to activate. The process of motivation encourages people to achieve heights. This word has such powerful strength that it brings a certain amount of positivity and courage in a person that makes them do wonders. It brings the power of happiness, pride and willingness to shine. Motivation is the answer to ‘why’ of behavior. If you see a person running, you wonder whether he is in a hurry to get away from something behind or to get to something ahead. It refers to the internal processes that can’t be directly observed. It is an energizer or activator i.e. it helps in arousing a person to perform. A motivated athlete, generally, has a better chance to win than an unmotivated one. A person may seem to be a great athlete because of the body structure, but to be one he has to have motivation which may activate him to be an athlete. It gives focus to the behavior so that appropriate goals are reached.
 When one is hungry, the person needs food. Here, motivation is food for the athlete.
 It is always goal oriented and goal achiever. Restlessness persists in a behavior of a person until the goal is not achieved.  It exhibits itself in different ways till the want is fulfilled.

Motives are general mind states that enable us to make predictions about behavior in many different situations.

HUMAN MOTIVES differ from culture to culture and also from person to person within the same culture, because motives develop as a result of experience. They are expressed through learned behavior. Often, similar motives find expression through different form of behavior example- dislike for someone may be expressed in one person by aggression and in some by ignorance. The same pattern of behavior expresses different motives. Two women may go to church one to pray and the other one to show her clothes. Motives may not always be plainly evident and readily identifiable; some motives are expressed in a disguised form. A single act of behavior may express the variety of motives. Thus, a soldier may be motivated in the performance of his duty according to the orders of his superior – to fight for self defense, to express hostility, to defend country etc.

GET MOTIVATED

People might be great at solving problems, but all their skills are of no use if they are not motivated. Some people give up easily when they encounter a problem or failure in implementing the first step. Therefore there is a need to persist in their effort to find a solution.