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Daily Motivation in Less than 10 Minutes a DayI borrowed this technique from Tony Robbins. One of the concepts that I got out of the Personal Power II Once you practice this art of questioning for a while, it becomes a habit and you'll find yourself doing it all day long. Sure enough, you'll often come up with much better solutions to the challenges that you face. Then, you can teach it to others. How does it work and what does this have to do with daily motivation? I'm glad you asked. Almost any accomplishment can be seen as a problem solving experiment. For example, let's say, in the extreme, that you want to climb Mt. Everest. You've got a big problem there... really big. There are all kinds of challenges from climbing skills, to weather, to dehydration and frostbite risks, and on and on. So, you have to go about solving each one of these problems in order to climb the mountain. The better the questions you ask, the better prepared you'll be for each possibility. It's much the same with almost any challenge you face. Let's take a goal that you want to accomplish. You've already created SMART goals right? OK, so let's say that your goal is to get a promotion at work with the next six months. You've outlined the steps you need to take in order to achieve that goal and you're tracking your progress. So far, so good. Now, come up with five questions that relate to your goal. In our example, you want a promotion. Usually, you'll be competing with at least one other person for that job. If not, then at a minimum, you'll still need to show some superior effort that gets you noticed. That means that you need to not only do excellent work, but you need to do some self-promotion as well. I'll show you the idea of how to format your questions. You can borrow these and adapt them to your own situation. The best thing is to come up with your own questions, since that will be most meaningful to you. It doesn't have to be limited to five. I wouldn't go more than 10 though, since you don't want to make this a chore. So, you format your questions like this: What am I happy about... 1. What do I love about my job and my work environment right now? How can I improve my work environment so that I love it even more? How will that make me feel? 2. How can I make today the most productive day at work ever? In what ways can I contribute so that today will be the most productive day I've ever had? How will that make me feel? 3. What am I willing to do in order to get this promotion? 4. What am I willing to give up in order to get this promotion? 5. How can I enjoy the process while I do what is necessary in order to make things the way I want them? Here's what to do next: 1. Write down your goal. 2. Underneath that goal write down your five empowering questions. 3. Place the paper with your goal and your questions in a conspicuous place, such as the bathroom mirror. 4. Use this as your daily motivation... review your goal and your questions both when you get up, and right before you go to bed. Answer each part of each question. Throughout the day, your brain will be working to answer all of these questions and this will provide renewed motivation. If you have any trouble answering any of the questions, then simply substitute word "could." For example, "how could I contribute" or "what could I enjoy if I wanted to" and so on. When I get stumped, I simply ask myself... "if I did know the answer to this question, what would it be?" You'll be surprised at how creative your mind actually is. By doing this you're telling your brain to go to work on coming up with creative solutions for the challenges that you face. You'll be more willing to do what it takes, and give yourself over to any sacrifices that you have to make in order to achieve your goal. Over time, you'll find that this technique brings great results. In fact, you'll find that you'll be much better at problem solving all the way around. So, from a high level, let's review the concept of daily motivation in less than 10 minutes a day. You're going to take your SMART goal and create 5 to 10 empowering questions the way I showed you. Then, you're going to write down your goal and your questions, and put them in a conspicuous place for review both morning and evening. That's it! Then when you've achieved your goal, reward yourself and give back to the universe. The next step? Set another goal, of course! Get do it now! Jump from Daily Motivation back to Motivation Information
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