Comments on: Staying Motivated (When Everything Is Going Well)

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:37:17 +0000

My motivators:
Long term – family
Medium term – opportunity
Short term – music

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:20:26 +0000

Another thing that keeps me motivated for me is exercise. Staying in shape, strong, and healthy are not only great for you health of course, but great motivators and self esteem boosters in general.

By: MoneyEnergy

MoneyEnergy — Sun, 03 May 2009 06:53:44 +0000

Nice candid article! Music is a great motivator. I like lots of stuff, but for motivation specifically, certain dance/house/hip-hop is great. I go for Starbucks coffee, but never Red Bull. And I hear you about wanting to pay back your parents. I too would like to treat my parents well for all they have been able to provide for me…

Congrats on feeling content!!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:04:52 +0000

Music is a huge motivator/mood changer for me. I’m older than you two youngun’s………….so I have a much more vast library to choose from (neener neener)! I usually pick the music based on what mood I’m looking for, not what mood I’m in. Cleaning house, it’s good ol’ classic rock. Sitting down to creative work, it’s old blues & jazz. Pushing paper around it’s modern alternative music. Having a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day is also motivating. But I’m generally a pretty motivated person, there are probably more things that can de-motivate me……like TV on during the day. Kills me. I hate it.

By: tom

tom — Sat, 02 May 2009 12:50:50 +0000

Excellent article, and I can certainly relate to some of your points.

One thing that is always needed for me when I do work is music, but its not rap, unfortunately. It is all about trance, house and sometimes classic euro from the 90’s. I like to mix it up sometimes and play rap, reggae, pop and just about anything that sounds good to me.

I think one huge factor for me in recent months has been that I have goals set for what i want to achieve. I want to save up for my emergency needs, and move out. In order to move out, i need to make more income. And then once I am out on my own I can look to buying a car, some other toys, so it all changes as i progress.

I don’t actually drink coffee, I am a morning person, instead what gets me going is for example yesterday, I got up early (7am) and started to clean the house so I have less to do for the next day plus to ease some of the chores for my mom. I also did laundry, so that feeling was amazing because it kept the momentum going for the rest of the day and even into today.

By: will knight

will knight — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:57:10 +0000

haters. haters motivate me the most. when someone tells you that you can’t or your stupid, that’s what drives me. but when things ARE going well, haters disappear. so when that happens, i become my own hater. haha