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W
AYS TO
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OTIVATE
Y
OURSELF
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Put your plans on paper. Spell out your goals and ways to reach them.
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Be specific. The advice you give yourself must be such that you can put it into
practice.
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Break the task down into small pieces so that you can handle them easily.
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Establish checkpoints on your progress as well as rewards.
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Remind yourself of the benefits you expect from your tasks completion.
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Avoid temptations and circumstances that might sidetrack you.
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Recognize your limitations. Don’t set unrealistic goals.
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Take advantage of your own energy peaks!
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Use negative motivation. Remind yourself of the consequences of inaction.
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Keep a time-control budget. Don’t let one task take control over others.
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Set deadlines and hold yourself to them.
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Make an honest distinction between “I can’t” and “I don’t want to”.
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Get started now. Don’t stall.
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Improve your self-persuasion ability. Learn the difference between reasoning and
rationalizing.
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Be optimistic. Your chances for success will increase.
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Decide how you want to start, what needs to be done first.
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Read, especially literature related to your situation.
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Use self-signaling devices – notes, signs, cues, reminders.
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Promise yourself rewards.
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Use the stimulation provided by good news to do extra work.
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Recognize conflicts and make a choice.
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Give yourself the right to make mistakes. No one is perfect.
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Exercise your sense of humor. Laughter indicates a realistic point of view.
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