3 Easy Ways to Stay Motivated Even in Failures

Note: This article is from blogger Patrick Macala, who shares his experience of how he stays motivated even when he fails.

It's not just you who feels this way. Every one of us has this condition from time to time, and I speak from personal experience when I say it is very challenging to keep working and exert yourself when you are not seeing any clear results.

3 Easy Ways to Stay Motivated Even in Failures

This article will teach three simple strategies to stay motivated even when no step or action is successful. You can work until you lose all motivation. These techniques are:

1. Setting goals

When your goals are unclear or insufficiently inspiring, you frequently lack the drive that sustains your energy and motivation. Without a goal, people lose their sense of direction and their compass.

Without a clear destination in mind, you'll wind up somewhere you didn't want to be, so I advise you to make wise goals that are realistic, time-bound, measurable, specific, and achievable.

Always begin your goal-setting process with a massive, nearly terrifying objective because it's the only kind that will truly motivate you during challenging times.

For instance, if your core objective is to run ten miles, you won't be able to train when you're exhausted or lacking motivation. On the other hand, if your main objective is to compete in a long-distance race within a year, this is totally different; you'll want to train to achieve your new goal and get excited every time you consider how to finish the first race after a few months.

By breaking down your big goal into smaller, more manageable objectives, you can avoid experiencing the same overwhelm, frustration, and demotivation.

Setting an unselfish goal

Set a goal for someone else because people want to do more for others than themselves. When two runners have similar skills, the runner who says, "I'm going to win this race for my mom," has a much higher chance of winning than the runner who says, "I'm going to win this for the trophy and the money."

Don't forget to include at least one selfless goal when creating your goals. The next time you're feeling discouraged or want to give up, just think back to your original, sublime goal and tell yourself, "I will do this because I want to provide a better life for my family," or "I want my children to go to a better school." You won't believe how motivated and enthusiastic you'll feel after that.

2. Feeling grateful

Many people are unaware of this blessing, but the best way to remain motivated no matter what happens is to practice gratitude. Tony Robbins, an American writer, once said, "You can't be angry and grateful at the same time." Gratitude can help you quickly shift from a negative to a positive mood and provide you with a lot of motivation.

I completely understand those days when you get home from work exhausted from your boss's demands all day, or perhaps your coworkers have been chatting about you nonstop. You only want to lie in front of the TV and do nothing else; forgetting about your partner and your project will improve your family's quality of life (your selfless goal), and only concentrate on your issues. However, practicing gratitude is a smooth way to overcome this feeling in seconds.

Remember to be grateful for the simple fact that you have a home of your own, a large family that looks out for you, and a job. When you consider the abundance of blessings that many people worldwide long for and dream of, your negative state will instantly become positive and boost your motivation.

I choose to express my gratitude as soon as I wake up, and as a result, I no longer have to deal with awful mornings where I get out of bed feeling irate and incapable of communicating with anyone; instead, I wake up feeling joyful and inspired to enjoy another wonderful day in my life.

Thus, only remember what you have and express gratitude whenever you feel irate, frustrated, exhausted, afraid, etc.

3. Plan your day

When people are overwhelmed by the work assigned, they frequently lose motivation. Imagine arriving at work and discovering five urgent notes on your desk.

It also occurs when you are living a random life, which will only produce unintended random outcomes when you are unsure of what to do first, when you lack a system to complete your tasks, or when you are living life aimlessly.

It is said that "external chaos leads to internal chaos," but there is an easy solution. Schedule your day, plan it precisely, and decide what you will focus on in the morning, afternoon, and so on until the end of the day. By doing this, you will avoid feeling exhausted, a common cause of motivation loss and the decision to procrastinate and be lazy.

Some tips for scheduling your day

1. The first hour of the day impacts the remainder of it, so establish a productive morning routine.
2. If you have the greatest will and energy, decide what needs to be done first and in order of importance.
3. Avoid multitasking; instead, give each task enough time and give it your whole attention.

In conclusion

Everyone experiences occasional low motivation, so understanding how to address these issues is crucial. In this post, we've taught you how to create goals that will inspire you, use gratitude to improve your circumstances, and plan your day so you don't burn out and lose motivation again.

If you adhere to these three guidelines, you will never lack motivation and know exactly how to deal with it when it does.