Today, I would like to show you an amazing
video that I watched recently and it really affected me to the core. Have you
ever felt that you just need more motivation or willpower to finally start
something new in your life? Personally, I have been blaming myself a lot because
I have not really lived the life that I wanted and I have been planning to
change this for so long. However, even if I had taken few steps in order to achieve
something, I only got limited results or no results at all. Until I watched the
video, I thought that the main reason behind my recent failures and lack of
success is that I am weak, lazy and not motivated and qualified enough.
As I am a jobseeker at the moment and have
faced lots of stressful and unsuccessful job-interviews in the last month, I have had a feeling that I need to change something
in order to get the job that I really want. In the video below, one of my favourite
life-coaches, Caroline Zwick interviews her friend, Maria Brilaki, who is an engineer, entrepreneur, psychologist, head of the “Fitness Reloaded” project and author
of a wonderful book called Surprisingly Unstuck. Maria talks about habit-creation and the role
of motivation and willpower in achieving your goals. You will be surprised to
hear Maria saying that motivation actually has almost nothing to do with your
success or failure.
It was a relief to understand that motivation is basically
only a tool for finding your inspiration. When you want to change something in
your life or want to start something new, in the beginning you are always very
enthusiastic and energetic. Due to the high
level of motivation you truly believe in yourself and your success. However, as most of us might have experienced in case of
New Year’s Resolutions, for example, motivation can easily drop or disappear
completely. The reason for this is simple: your level of motivation decreases
right after it made you kick-start your new habits.
picture: Fengshuidana |
Habits are part of our everyday life, as
well as making decisions that is actually a kind of thinking habit. In one of the
up-coming posts, I will tell you more about thinking habits, such as the power
of thoughts, positive thinking and self-fulfilling prophecies. But now, let’s
see why do we create habits at all and what are they for? How can we establish
a new habit and why do we struggle to keep on dieting or exercising regularly? If
you are interested in these questions and also want to know what planning and organisation has to do with success, click here to watch the video.
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