One of the major questions I get asked from people is where do I get my motivation from?

I don’t keep it secret, I work a lot, I get up around 9:30am each morning and start my work day and often continue working through until well after midnight.  I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t work these hours, I think I would get bored pretty quickly.

With that said though, I know a lot of people struggle to find the motivation to work those kinds of hours.  In fact some people struggle to find the energy to just work 9am to 5pm.  My opinion is that people who are struggling to find the time and energy to put into achieving their goals are using the wrong motivators.  Let me explain…

Have you ever been to a motivational event and when you leave just a few days after the event those promises you made to yourself at that event start being broken?

Of course you have, nearly everyone who has attended a motivational event has this experience.  In fact it’s expected, because at the motivational event you are motivated by EXTERNAL motivators not INTERNAL motivators.  External motivators are great for a short period of time, they can inspire you to take action, but they wont give you long lasting change.

Long lasting change comes from the discovery and application of INTERNAL motivators.  Today and over the next few days we are going to focus on discovering our internal motivators.

Discovering Your Internal Motivators Step 1:

This is not going to be a quick or single step process, so make sure you commit to following this whole process through.  The first step to discovering your internal motivators is to take 10 minutes today to write down your top 10 values.  Make sure you write them down on a clean piece of white unlined paper and use a colour texta to do this.

Watch out tomorrow for the second step