MOTIVATION FOR DUMMIES

Packed with motivational tools and techniques to help you succeed

Inspire yourself and others to make positive changes and create a more motivated life

Motivation is a powerful tool and is central to achieving your goals; whether you want to change your career, promote teamwork in the office, quit a bad habit, or find a new interest, you need to find the motivation to get going and keep going! This no-nonsense guide explains the psychology of motivation and offers practical strategies to help you master your mind and body to unlock your motivation and get more of what you want in all aspects of your life.

Discover how to:
* Muster the motivation to make a change
* Motivate your mind and your body
* Set goals and maintain motivation
* Develop a strategy for success
* Overcome motivational barriers and deal with setbacks

Gillian Burn is the editor of Personal Development All-in-One For Dummies and the Founder and Director of Health Circles Ltd.

Introduction


About This Book


Conventions Used in This Book


Foolish Assumptions


How This Book Is Organised


Part I: Understanding The Basics of Motivation


Part II: Identifying & Maintaining Change


Part III: Arming yourself with motivational tools


Part IV: Using motivation in different areas of your life


Part V: The Part of Tens





Icons Used in This Book


Where to Go from Here


Part I: Understanding the Basics of Motivation


Chapter 1: Introducing motivation


A brief definition of motivation


What it is


Knowing how to maintain it


Deciding how motivation will help you


Exploring the benefits


Identifying the barriers


Looking into your brain or body for answers


What it feels like


Looking forward





Chapter 2: Exploring the psychology of motivation


Identifying the stages


Relating yourself to each stage


Exploring how the psychology can help


Getting your mind around motivation


Unravelling the mystery


Taking control of your mind


Knowing why we struggle to summon it


Finding your inner strength


Overcoming the barriers





Chapter 3: Preparing yourself for motivation


Identifying your priorities for motivation


Starting with the end in sight


Highlighting what matters for you


Getting yourself ready


Choosing when you will start


Committing to the first action


Creating a motivational environment


Setting up a supportive network


Changing your environment


Part II Identifying & Maintaining Change





Chapter 4: Summoning the motivation to change


Planning to take action


Taking the first steps


Discovering values that motivate you


Listing your personal values


Knowing what is stopping you


Identifying your demotivators


Acknowledging your excuses


Understanding the positive by-products





Chapter 5: Goal-Setting


Facing your demons


Recognising areas to change (e.g.. losing weight, getting fit, becoming healthier)


Identifying new goals to keep you going


Finding the goals to aim for


Deciding the focus


Dividing goals into achievable chunks


Choosing your new years resolution


Prioritising the goals


Choosing quick wins


Defining your long term goals


Applying the SMART rule





Chapter 6: Maintaining motivation now and beyond


Visualising motivation


Seeing your success


Feeling the benefits


Hearing the praise


Travelling through time


Propelling yourself forward


Praising your successes


Internal and external praising


Steering a clear course


Adjusting to daily challenges





Chapter 7: Dealing with Setbacks


Having contingencies in place


Knowing who to call on for help


Reprioritising the action plan


Overcoming the struggle to maintain motivation


Reminding yourself of the benefits


Refocusing on the rewards


Knowing when fear may be affecting you


Facing the fear


Overcoming fear and taking action


Part III: Arming yourself with motivational tools





Chapter 8: Incentivising motivation (page count 8)


Creating a variety of incentives


Choosing your favourites


Explore different incentives for different situations


One size doesn't fit all





Chapter 9: Quizzing your brain cells


Scoring your personal motivation


Raising the score


Exploring the left and right side


Recognising the differences


Connecting both sides


Motivational exercises


Experiencing the future


Stepping into motivation








Chapter 10: Using NLP as a motivator


Identifying the positive by product of inactivity


Creating the by-product in other ways


Feeling OK with your decision


Defining what makes someone tick


Using the senses


Taking the other person's perspective


Exploring logical levels


Identity


Values


Behaviour


Capability


Environment


Part IV: Using motivation in different areas of your life


Chapter 11: Career and work


Motivating yourself


Realising what's in it for me


Knowing when enough is enough


Prioritising other tasks


Rewarding quick wins


Motivating your team


Exploring team goals


Identifying team barriers





Chapter 12: Money


Defining how money motivates you


Buying choices


Linking financial incentives with goals


Sustaining the motivation long term


Identifying when money is no longer motivating


Understanding what money gives you





Chapter 13: Health and wellbeing


Avoiding illness and disease


Moving towards health


Banishing unhealthy habits


Creating a healthier lifestyle


Deciding your food priorities


Taking time out to relax and recharge


Making exercise fun





Chapter 14: Developing and growing


Managing your emotions


Identifying your feelings


Choosing appropriate responses





Taking leaps forward


Making personal changes


Honouring your values





Experiencing new challenges


Embracing change


Leaving your comfort zone





Chapter 15: Relationships


Personal


Identify what motivates your family


Recognise each person’s own motivator


Ensure family preferences are all met


Professional


Engaging motivational people


Creating a motivating support group Exploring a win/win approach





Finding what motivates other people Acknowledging individuality


Exploring hidden talents


Embracing personal choice


Tuning into their values


Discovering different mindsets


Acknowledging individual preferences


Part V: The part of Tens


Chapter 16: Ten Inspirational Resources








Chapter 17: Ten great motivating people e.g.


David Beckham


Sir Steve Redgrave


Sir Richard Branson


Winston Churchill


Nelson Mandela


Margaret Thatcher


Tiger Woods


Lewis Hamilton


Freddie Flintoff


J K Rowling


Jane Tomlinson





Chapter 18: Ten Motivational Exercises )





Appendix: Resource List


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