So How Do Motivation
And Positive Thinking Connect?

Positive thinking is basically just one tool to help you go on in life and feel better overall. You can expand the scope of positive thinking and apply it to help you keep yourself motivated and reach a chosen goal.

Why is motivation important?

There is a big difference between doing something because "you have to" or "you must" (or else), and doing it because you truly want to and you feel passionate about it.

When you have motivation, you enjoy what you do, and it shows in the results.

When you feel motivated, you have an amount of energy that you want to use on a certain task, because you sense it's worth it, or the results are; and because you receive certain benefit out of reaching that goal.

Motivation makes a difference on facing fears, on keeping on doing what you are busy with, and on taking up new challenges. It can even help you out to keep on working hard at your job. Check out these positive quotes for the work place to stay motivated.

The strength of motivation and positive thinking combined

You could use motivation and positive thinking to help you achieve any goal. The goal could be to loose weight, to own a property, to have a better job, or anything you decide.

The following steps combine motivation and positive thinking, and set you in a positive frame of mind:

1. Decide what you want. Many people cruise through this life not even knowing what they want, and just reacting to what comes along, either by accepting it or by rejecting it. They don't choose, as such. You have the power to choose what you want.

2. Why do you want it? This is your motivation. Your reasons to have, be or do something must be strong enough to carry you through the path to your goal. This is so you don't give up, and you actually end up having what at the moment you can only imaging.

3. Use motivation and positive thinking together. Think now of the goal and keep it in mind. Decide that no matter what comes along, you are going to keep a positive attitude. You can overcome small inconveniences or difficulties knowing that the goal is always within reach.

   Check out this great ebook and its practical workbook to find out what your goals are and get on your way to achieve them: "Winning the tomorrow game"."

That's it?

Obviously you are not going to achieve your goal only by following the steps above, but you will also need to do what is necessary in the physical reality; this is, doing exercise if you want to loose weight, writing a good CV if you want a better job, and so on.

Rather, these steps for motivation and positive thinking will support you and will help you keep a positive mindset. Furthermore, you could choose a motivation poem to inspire you or read some phrases for positive thinking.

This is a real story

Read the following real story about a friend of mine and how he combined motivation and positive thinking...

This friend, whom I will call John, was busy preparing his thesis for a higher degree, and worked as a customer service agent to pay the bills. His end goal was to obtain a post at the university he was doing the research for.

One day he got fired from his job. He couldn't really understand why, as he thought he had always done a good job, so he asked his manager. His boss explained that John was definitely a very good customer service agent, but due to company regulations they had to fire a number of people. It really hadn't anything to do with him.



John felt quite let down by the company and "the system", and questioned whether it was worth to keep on writing his thesis. He lost his motivation for a while.

At that time he was also reading some positive thinking books, and chose to change his point of view about the whole event. He decided that it was not so bad that he was fired. He had gained good experience in the field of customer service and could look for a better job with something to show in his CV.

Furthermore, he realized that until he got another job he would have more time for his thesis, which would push him closer to what he really wanted. John actually decided to see the event of being fired as a very good thing, and kept on even more motivated to reach his goal.

The best thing was that within three weeks he was called from the same job for a permanent position. He decided to see that in a positive way, too.

As you see in the story above, motivation and positive thinking can be combined to help you achieve a desired goal. In the end though, keeping yourself motivated is entirely up to you. Help yourself with a motivation quote.

Motivation has a lot to do with the attitude you choose to have towards life. Find here some great positive attitude quotes to keep up an optimistic attitude.

No one will be your cheer-leader but yourself. Good thing is, if you can answer why you want anything, there you can find your motivation. The only question that may remain in your head is... Does positive thinking work?

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