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posted28/09/09

Internal & External Motivation Part 2

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Transfer-ValuesI have had a few emails from people over the last 24 hrs saying they are having difficulty identifying all of their values.  The major problem upon investigation was that they were struggling to find the right words to identify their values with.  To make it easier for you to complete yesterday’s task I have included a list of values below:

  1. Abundance
  2. Acceptance
  3. Accessibility
  4. Accomplishment
  5. Accuracy
  6. Achievement
  7. Acknowledgement
  8. Activeness
  9. Adaptability
  10. Adoration
  11. Adroitness
  12. Adventure
  13. Affection
  14. Affluence
  15. Aggressiveness
  16. Agility
  17. Alertness
  18. Altruism
  19. Ambition
  20. Amusement
  21. Anticipation
  22. Appreciation
  23. Approachability
  24. Articulacy
  25. Assertiveness
  26. Assurance
  27. Attentiveness
  28. Attractiveness
  29. Audacity
  30. Availability
  31. Awareness
  32. Awe
  33. Balance
  34. Beauty
  35. Being the best
  36. Belonging
  37. Benevolence
  38. Bliss
  39. Boldness
  40. Bravery
  41. Brilliance
  42. Buoyancy
  43. Calmness
  44. Camaraderie
  45. Candor
  46. Capability
  47. Care
  48. Carefulness
  49. Celebrity
  50. Certainty
  51. Challenge
  52. Charity
  53. Charm
  54. Chastity
  55. Cheerfulness
  56. Clarity
  57. Cleanliness
  58. Clear-mindedness
  59. Cleverness
  60. Closeness
  61. Comfort
  62. Commitment
  63. Compassion
  64. Completion
  65. Composure
  66. Concentration
  67. Confidence
  68. Conformity
  69. Congruency
  70. Connection
  71. Consciousness
  72. Consistency
  73. Contentment
  74. Continuity
  75. Contribution
  76. Control
  77. Conviction
  78. Conviviality
  79. Coolness
  80. Cooperation
  81. Cordiality
  82. Correctness
  83. Courage
  84. Courtesy
  85. Craftiness
  86. Creativity
  87. Credibility
  88. Cunning
  89. Curiosity
  90. Daring
  91. Decisiveness
  92. Decorum
  93. Deference
  94. Delight
  95. Dependability
  96. Depth
  97. Desire
  98. Determination
  99. Devotion
  100. Devoutness
  101. Dexterity
  102. Dignity
  103. Diligence
  104. Direction
  105. Directness
  106. Discipline
  107. Discovery
  108. Discretion
  109. Diversity
  110. Dominance
  111. Dreaming
  112. Drive
  113. Duty
  114. Dynamism
  115. Eagerness
  116. Economy
  117. Ecstasy
  118. Education
  119. Effectiveness
  120. Efficiency
  121. Elation
  122. Elegance
  123. Empathy
  124. Encouragement
  125. Endurance
  126. Energy
  127. Enjoyment
  128. Entertainment
  129. Enthusiasm
  130. Excellence
  131. Excitement
  132. Exhilaration
  133. Expectancy
  134. Expediency
  135. Experience
  136. Expertise
  137. Exploration
  138. Expressiveness
  139. Extravagance
  140. Extroversion
  141. Exuberance
  142. Fairness
  143. Faith
  144. Fame
  145. Family
  146. Fascination
  147. Fashion
  148. Fearlessness
  149. Ferocity
  150. Fidelity
  151. Fierceness
  152. Financial independence
  153. Firmness
  154. Fitness
  155. Flexibility
  156. Flow
  157. Fluency
  158. Focus
  159. Fortitude
  160. Frankness
  161. Freedom
  162. Friendliness
  163. Frugality
  164. Fun
  165. Gallantry
  166. Generosity
  167. Gentility
  168. Giving
  169. Grace
  170. Gratitude
  171. Gregariousness
  172. Growth
  173. Guidance
  174. Happiness
  175. Harmony
  176. Health
  177. Heart
  178. Helpfulness
  179. Heroism
  180. Holiness
  181. Honesty
  182. Honor
  183. Hopefulness
  184. Hospitality
  185. Humility
  186. Humor
  187. Hygiene
  188. Imagination
  189. Impact
  190. Impartiality
  191. Independence
  192. Industry
  193. Ingenuity
  194. Inquisitiveness
  195. Insightfulness
  196. Inspiration
  197. Integrity
  198. Intelligence
  199. Intensity
  200. Intimacy
  201. Intrepidness
  202. Introversion
  203. Intuition
  204. Intuitiveness
  205. Inventiveness
  206. Investing
  207. Joy
  208. Judiciousness
  209. Justice
  210. Keenness
  211. Kindness
  212. Knowledge
  213. Leadership
  214. Learning
  215. Liberation
  216. Liberty
  217. Liveliness
  218. Logic
  219. Longevity
  220. Love
  221. Loyalty
  222. Majesty
  223. Making a difference
  224. Mastery
  225. Maturity
  226. Meekness
  227. Mellowness
  228. Meticulousness
  229. Mindfulness
  230. Modesty
  231. Motivation
  232. Mysteriousness
  233. Neatness
  234. Nerve
  235. Obedience
  236. Open-mindedness
  237. Openness
  238. Optimism
  239. Order
  240. Organization
  241. Originality
  242. Outlandishness
  243. Outrageousness
  244. Passion
  245. Peace
  246. Perceptiveness
  247. Perfection
  248. Perkiness
  249. Perseverance
  250. Persistence
  251. Persuasiveness
  252. Philanthropy
  253. Piety
  254. Playfulness
  255. Pleasantness
  256. Pleasure
  257. Poise
  258. Polish
  259. Popularity
  260. Potency
  261. Power
  262. Practicality
  263. Pragmatism
  264. Precision
  265. Preparedness
  266. Presence
  267. Privacy
  268. Proactivity
  269. Professionalism
  270. Prosperity
  271. Prudence
  272. Punctuality
  273. Purity
  274. Realism
  275. Reason
  276. Reasonableness
  277. Recognition
  278. Recreation
  279. Refinement
  280. Reflection
  281. Relaxation
  282. Reliability
  283. Religiousness
  284. Resilience
  285. Resolution
  286. Resolve
  287. Resourcefulness
  288. Respect
  289. Rest
  290. Restraint
  291. Reverence
  292. Richness
  293. Rigor
  294. Sacredness
  295. Sacrifice
  296. Sagacity
  297. Saintliness
  298. Sanguinity
  299. Satisfaction
  300. Security
  301. Self-control
  302. Selflessness
  303. Self-reliance
  304. Sensitivity
  305. Sensuality
  306. Serenity
  307. Service
  308. Sexuality
  309. Sharing
  310. Shrewdness
  311. Significance
  312. Silence
  313. Silliness
  314. Simplicity
  315. Sincerity
  316. Skillfulness
  317. Solidarity
  318. Solitude
  319. Soundness
  320. Speed
  321. Spirit
  322. Spirituality
  323. Spontaneity
  324. Spunk
  325. Stability
  326. Stealth
  327. Stillness
  328. Strength
  329. Structure
  330. Success
  331. Support
  332. Supremacy
  333. Surprise
  334. Sympathy
  335. Synergy
  336. Teamwork
  337. Temperance
  338. Thankfulness
  339. Thoroughness
  340. Thoughtfulness
  341. Thrift
  342. Tidiness
  343. Timeliness
  344. Traditionalism
  345. Tranquility
  346. Transcendence
  347. Trust
  348. Trustworthiness
  349. Truth
  350. Understanding
  351. Unflappability
  352. Uniqueness
  353. Unity
  354. Usefulness
  355. Utility
  356. Valor
  357. Variety
  358. Victory
  359. Vigor
  360. Virtue
  361. Vision
  362. Vitality
  363. Vivacity
  364. Warmth
  365. Watchfulness
  366. Wealth
  367. Willfulness
  368. Willingness
  369. Winning
  370. Wisdom
  371. Wittiness
  372. Wonder
  373. Youthfulness
  374. Zeal

Discovering Your Internal Motivators Step 2:

Take the piece of paper you have written your values on and put it somewhere prominent in your house.  Each time you catch a glimpse of your values list take just 5 minutes to read them and list next to them the numbers 1 – 10 as how those values are affecting your decisions at that exact moment.

You will need to do this every day for 15 days so we can get a cross section of your life and how your values affect you in different situations and moods

posted27/09/09

Internal & External Motivation

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motivationOne 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