When you click
motivation in google search this is what you get:
Motivation
məʊtɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n
noun
a reason or reasons for
acting or behaving in a particular way.
We all have different
source of motivation and reason for us to act in a particular way. People get
their source of motivation when they look up on someone who is successful.
Other people get their source of motivation by their friends and family members
support. My opinion, motivation
is all dependent on yourself whether you want to push that extra mile to make different
changes in your life. You can have thousands over of people motivating you and
cheer you up but is you, yourself who choose to be motivated and keep on
pushing. I am not a motivational speaker or any well-known public speaker who
will give 101 tips of how you motivate yourself.
Do anyone tell you
that they wake up from their bed and feel motivated straight away? Or people
advise you to always look at yourself in the mirror reminding yourself that you
are motivated? Basically I don't think they are motivated, they are forced to
find their motivation without willingness to be motivated to accomplish their
stuff. Motivation is for you to find a reason to act in a particular way. You
need to be dedicated and willingly to spend your time to act in a particular
way. Do not force yourself to be motivated because eventually you will not get
what you want. I don't believe once those audiences hear the public speaker
teach them the way to motivate and they will get motivated straight away.
Public speaker will only
give you advice on ways to motivate yourself, it is the audience themselves to find a
reason to get motivated.
I have been telling you
that motivation is all about finding a reason and willingness to make a change.
However the most important part of motivation is planning how you will get
motivated. I will guide you how do you plan your motivation, i will use IPPT (Individual Physical Proficiency Test) Gold as a source motivation.
IPPT Gold
If I asked most of the
NS Men will you get IPPT Gold if there is no cash reward. I think 9 out of 10
will say WHAT FOR ! PASS CAN LIAO ! That 1 person who say he is willing to get
IPPT gold without cash reward i will respect him a lot. However this is not the
main topic that i want to share with you. Let's be honest even I aim my IPPT Gold is because of the $500 cash incentive.
Reason of motivation:
$500 Cash Incentives
Let's say you are very
motivated to get this $500 cash incentives but you don't know how to run fast,
do as many chin up and push up within 1 minute. Eventually your motivational
level will drop damn low and you will feel demoralize. You have the reason of
motivation but how are you going to convert this motivation into action. That the
reason why motivation is all about planning it.
How to plan my motivation into action
When you get your
motivation you have to ask yourself are you willingly to sacrifice your time
for training and be discipline enough to complete all the training sets given?
Why I want to ask this question is because during training you will face
difficulties such as unable to hit a desired result during training and other
commitment. When you say YES means you need to find a way to turn your
motivation into action. If you know that you are weak in running you can ask
your friends who are good in 2.4 km run to train with you. In addition you can look
through the internet on how to improve your 2.4 km run. Subsequently you can look at my previous post on how i trained my 2.4 km here is the link:
1) Set yourself a training program.
Get the resource from your
friends or in the internet and create your training program. Make sure set enough time to train yourself before going for the actual test.
2) Setting your target for every training
Always plan your program
such as you will need to test yourself if you are able to hit at a certain
timing or target. For e.g if you are doing interval training like 400m x 6. Set
your target time for every 400m.
3) Know your strength and weakness
During training you will
know your strength and weakness. Do not let your weakness demoralize you. Make
sure this weakness turn into your strength one day. If you know your push up is
your weakness,carrying on to train harder for your push up and eventually it will not be your weakness anymore.
4) Do your own assessment
Always do your own pre-test first
before heading to the real test. During your pre-test you should know what you
fail in and do some remedy to it before heading to the real test.
5) If fail the 1st time always think back the source of
motivation and work harder
Not everyone can succeed at
the first attempt. It is common for you to fail at your first attempt. I did
not get my first IPPT gold in BMT, I keep on training until I got my first IPPT
gold when I was in Specialist Cadet Trainee. I always have problem with my chin
up in the past but I do not let this weakness to pull down my motivation. I
always think back my source of motivation is to get an IPPT gold. I work harder by
training my pull up during the admin time.
6) Celebrate once you hit your source of motivation
Just celebrate and reward yourself for your hard work that you have contributed, the time and dedication that you put in during your training.But don't celebrate for too long and always look for next source of motivation so that that you can improve yourself this way.
I am using training for an example, but you can apply this on your future work or prepare your plan for your source of motivation.
Difficulties that you face that bring down your motivation
1) People discourage you
Just ignore their discouragement, let this be your encouragement to be stronger and better person.
2) Injuries
People always give up once they have long- term injuries. Do not force yourself if you are really injuries. Make sure you are fully recovered from your injuries and doctor approved for you to start training.
3) Work and Family commitment
Everyone have work and family commitment. Always plan your training and work ahead. If you are unable to train that day, make sure you find another day to train what you have missed.
Family commitment,always let your family members know that you need some time for training. Make sure let them know what you are training for.
4) Lazy
This is the worst thing to happen to you if you commit your source of motivation.
Remember Lazy is a very stupid reason to demoralize yourself.
Below are my source of motivation how about your?
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| FIRST MUSCLE UP |
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| FOR HER |
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| PASSED MY DRIVING |
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| $500 Cash Incentive |
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| Passed My Degree |
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