WAYS TO SELF-MOTIVATE 2
The Most Effective Ways to Self-motivate
Self-motivation refers to the ability of an individual to do what they need to do
without relying on an external push (Dunning, 2015). It is a trait that helps people to succeed
in their undertakings and life in general. Self-motivation does not need to be an inborn trait
because people willing to attain it can do so by following the three ways of self-motivation
discussed in this paper.
The first effective way to self-motivation is keeping a positive mind (Hill, 2017). By
having a positive mind, an individual is able to remain happy and hence achieve more things.
Happiness avoids the temptation to procrastinate and thus a happy person gets more things
done than an unhappy person. Hill also writes that most procrastination happens when people
are in their bad moods. People use procrastination as a short-term remedy for low moods and
hence end up skipping a number of things that they would have done were they happy. In
order to have a positive mind, one should focus on the positive side of life than the negative
side (Hill, 2017). They have to see possibilities rather than impossibilities. This increases
optimism and happiness ultimately making an individual self-motivated.
The second effective way of self-motivation is to reward the self whenever one
achieves any of their goals. Rewards make people feel good and happy. As discussed above,
happiness helps people to achieve more things than when they have bad moods. According to
Hill (2017), reward accounts for 75% of motivation that pushes people to accomplish things.
A reward is a positive way to keep one self-motivated. On the contrary, penalties can also
self-motivate a person. For example, a person can set not to watch their favorite TV program
in the evening if they do not accomplish the things that they had set to accomplish in their
daily to-do list. In such a case, the individual will do all they can to achieve their day’s tasks
