How to Stay Motivated, Using Psychology.

From time to time, we all need to stay motivated. A lack of motivation can be something that can affect us every day – whether at work or at home, where we always intend on going to the gym, but can't quite get that boost we need to get out the door. So, here are some tips on how to find your intrinsic motivation. If you have any other tips, please leave them in the comments!

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[MachGreeble]

i reverse psychologyed myself into staying unmotivated.

A big thing is to not punish yourself for doing the wanted behaviour. A lot of people (me included) will do a task and then go "Oh I should've done it earlier, I'm the worst" You need positive reinforcement, especially from yourself. Say "It was hard to get started, and I took a step towards my goal today. I'm helping out future me!"

[alisonsheep]

I am the prime example proving that there are exceptions to rule saying that greater knowledge leads to greater motivation and output. The more I know the more depressing it gets on a whole. "I know what to do, but I cannot find a way to do it...even though I know the steps to take, the way to frame this task in my mind, and how to talk myself through the initial pain of putting in effort."

[braincraft]

If you have any tips to stay motivated, please leave them in the comments 👇👩🏻‍💻
I wanted to make this video because I felt like *I* needed some motivation tips. And the video is finished, so perhaps they're working?! Lately I've been heading to a co-working space more frequently (in an attempt to let the intrinsic motivation of the other people around rub off on me!)

[angrymushroom]

So i clicked on this video hours ago thinking it might help me get motivated for the day. 3 hours later, i pressed play...

[unleashingpotential-psycho]

One of the best ways to stay motivated is to ask yourself why you were doing something 🔥

[HrribleKid]

sometimes when I'm struggling to find motivation to do something like going to gym or getting up for the day instead of snoozing the alarm it helps to tell myself to do it out loud. I'll be laying in bed and have to say " Ok, you have to get up now."

[meaningthroughpurpose]

No matter the source of your motivation self discipline becomes essential at some point. When I'm faced with decisions requiring self discipline, I always say, choose the right thing to do and I tend to choose the right thing not the convenient one, like studying instead of napping or eating healthy instead of a calorie bomb. It helps me.

[EditioCastigata]

For me, establishing a grander goal, and breaking down the necessary steps into a hierarchy under said goal helps. Working on every such small step I recall its meaning by thinking of where it fits in. It's not about visualizing or fantasizing (about) an outcome—it's meaning and a sense of accomplishment (where a metric helps, too).

[Drewbydrew]

3:33 "Perhaps it's time to hit a crowded gym, a study group, or a co-working space!"
This did not age well lol

[luciathefemininewoman]

This kinda helped me. I was thinking of what motivates me internally and it's self care, and prioritizing myself. I can't really focus if I'm not taking care of myself, and I believe I perform greater when I take care of what matters to me than something I'm not interested in doing.

[sparagnino]

If you hate your job, you'll probably hate your intrinsic motivated colleague :D

[piyushm]

I am rare a personality who is motivated to do anything and keep doing it.
But not able to start anything.

[ruskreeder]

This was o outstanding! You put it together real well and hit all the key points.

[mohamednassar]

You have been doing a great job, especially after the big change that has happened to your channel. Keep up the good work Vanessa 👍

[IFNutrition]

I think its really important to focus on what is driving us, even if the motivation is external if you can link it to an internal motivator then you are off to the races!

[hot_thing]

You continue to make videos so helpful, yet so interesting. Thank you!

[IntermarkGroupAgency]

Great points, it's really important to focus on our intrinsic motivations. There's wisdom in our passions.

[Thunder-Sky]

Ugh, once again I find myself coming out of a video about motivation feeling even more hollow and less motivated than I did going into it. Gonna browse the comments, but at this point I probably need one on one help.

[salpivartivarian]

Great video! These are so true! I know from experience.