You can create self help motivation by using the power of your mind.
Do you ever have one of those days when the world seems to be against you and nothing you do seems to go right?
Find it hard to concentrate and get things done?
Do you always put of until tomorrow what you should do today.
We all suffer from days like this to some extent or another and for many its not such a big problem. Yet for some this feeling of inadequacy can be life debilitating. So, what can be done to overcome these “gray days”? What can we do to give ourselves a boost. To paraphrase the old song, how do we:
“Pick Ourselves Up. Dust Ourselves Off and Start All Over Again”?
First you have to realize that the world you live in is not “out there”. Your problems do not exist “out there” and the answers do not lie “out there”.
Your world exists inside your head. My world exists inside my head therefor the world we live in is personal to us and exists inside our heads.
If you doubt this, think about it this way. If you couldn’t see, hear, feel, taste or smell, the world would not exist for you for it is through our senses that we interpret the world around us. This is real good news because it means that all we have to do to change our world is to change our “minds”. You can use your imagination and your five senses to enable self help motivation any time you want to.
Here’s How
If you’re feeling down, despondent or just can’t seem to move ahead in any particular way, first make the decision that you are going to do something about it. Remember, it’s your mind so it’s up to you to change it.
Find somewhere where you can sit for twenty minutes that is quiet and where you won’t be disturbed or distracted.
Sit straight but relaxed. Eyes to to the front. Close your eyes and take a deep breath in through your nose and let it out through your mouth. Let your breath out with a sigh. Repeat this four or five times or until you’re feeling completely relaxed.
Now think back to a situation where you felt relaxed, content, happy. If you cant think of one, make one up. Perhaps you were on vacation relaxing on the beach, the sun on your face, a warm gentle breeze blowing across your body, the sound of children laughing. What ever the memory might be, it will have certain aspects that relate to your five senses.
What can you see in your minds eye? What can you hear? What can you taste, smell and touch?
Make this image, this picture as large as you can. Let it completely surround you.
Are there colors? If so turn up the brightness, just imagine you have a TV remote control and press a button. Make that memory appear in glorious technicolor. If you don’t see colors, create them in your mind.
Use your remote control to turn up the sound. Feel the sun and the breeze on your face. Really feel it. Smell and taste the sea salt in the air.
Now you are feeling so relaxed. Feeling so good. But you can feel even better. Just tell yourself that you can.
While doing this, you will probably drift of into a daydream. That’s good.
As you come out of the daydream, take a couple of deep breaths as before.
When you are ready, stand up and stretch your body. Take a long luxurious stretch.
After using this visualization method to enable self help motivation, I absolutely guarantee you that you will no longer be feeling down or despondent. You will feel ready to tackle anything.
Do this exercise on a daily basis and you will be amazed at the results. Just how good can you really feel?
I wish you Health, Wealth and Happiness.