Comments on: How do you motivate yourself? http://www.timlinden.com/blog/business/how-do-you-motivate-yourself/ feels like you punching me in face with orange Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:44:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DA Riley http://www.timlinden.com/blog/business/how-do-you-motivate-yourself/#comment-55461 DA Riley Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:59:06 +0000 http://www.timlinden.com/blog/?p=1867#comment-55461 I do the spurts also, but I find that my biggest motivator is that I have fun and enjoy working online. You can't stay motivated no matter how many beach trips you take... if you don't enjoy what your doing. I read one comment above about mundane tasks... didn't sound as if there was much enjoyment there! If there is no enjoyment in the tasks involved in running Your business, how long do you expect to be in business? Who would you rather buy from or be affiliated with... someone who is excited about the products or services they offer, or someone who is just going through the motions to earn a buck? Who do you think would be more likely to succeed? If your hell bent about earning a living working online, then find something that you enjoy... a niche that your passionate about and run with it. Your success will be your motivator... why? cause you are actually having fun. You enjoy what you are doing! DA I do the spurts also, but I find that my biggest motivator is that I have fun and enjoy working online.

You can't stay motivated no matter how many beach trips you take... if you don't enjoy what your doing.

I read one comment above about mundane tasks... didn't sound as if there was much enjoyment there!

If there is no enjoyment in the tasks involved in running Your business, how long do you expect to be in business?

Who would you rather buy from or be affiliated with... someone who is excited about the products or services they offer, or someone who is just going through the motions to earn a buck?

Who do you think would be more likely to succeed?

If your hell bent about earning a living working online, then find something that you enjoy... a niche that your passionate about and run with it. Your success will be your motivator... why? cause you are actually having fun. You enjoy what you are doing!

DA

]]> By: glenn maluchnik http://www.timlinden.com/blog/business/how-do-you-motivate-yourself/#comment-55446 glenn maluchnik Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:18:13 +0000 http://www.timlinden.com/blog/?p=1867#comment-55446 i keep myself motivated by knowing the future has to be better then the past little at a time it's getting better. i keep myself motivated by knowing the future has to be better then the past little at a time it's getting better.

]]> By: Mary Bird http://www.timlinden.com/blog/business/how-do-you-motivate-yourself/#comment-55444 Mary Bird Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:09:52 +0000 http://www.timlinden.com/blog/?p=1867#comment-55444 I am retired and on a pention and SSI. So the internet is my fun place.I have 3 goals. Help newbies with simple tasks.I surf TX's till I get 100 points in 10 of them. I do inhouse surfing at safelists that let me store my ads.I go in,assign my ads and leave. Out of credits? Internal surf. If I do not like the safelist, I let it run out of credits.I like honest biz on the net. The one I do is groceries. No gifting. Tim, I would love to see you redo the scam article. I am retired and on a pention and SSI. So the internet is my fun place.I have 3 goals.
Help newbies with simple tasks.I surf TX's till I get 100 points in 10 of them. I do inhouse surfing at safelists that let me store my ads.I go in,assign my ads and leave. Out of credits? Internal surf. If I do not like the safelist, I let it run out of credits.I like honest biz on the net. The one I do is groceries. No gifting.
Tim, I would love to see you redo the scam article.

]]> By: Chuck Bartok http://www.timlinden.com/blog/business/how-do-you-motivate-yourself/#comment-55440 Chuck Bartok Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:23:35 +0000 http://www.timlinden.com/blog/?p=1867#comment-55440 From Tim "One of the hardest things I find is keeping a healthy level of motivation. I tend to go in spurts of doing a ton of work, and then being so unmotivated to do anything. It’s really hard to keep it a constant. So what do you do when you are down and out, totally unmotivated?" After practicing, consulting and observing business practices for over 45 years, I find there nothing wrong with the Spurts. Many VERY Creative people operate that way... Massive, almost superhuman, Creative Effort for a period of time and then a restful time to re-group. I believe the MYTH of continued High level performance represents a Hold to the EMPLOYEE Mentality. Most of the TRULY successful Entrepreneurs I have been privileged to work with exhibit that Fluctuating Energy.. But they NEVER lose sight of their Definite Major Purpose..Waht to do? In Tim's case it is easy, just look at his Family for a moment and the Motivation is there. True for all of us. But also Important to look Seriously in the Mirror each evening and reflect HOW YOU HAVE satisfied the few Simple tasks you charged yourself with each Morning. As ole' Will said a few hundred years ago... "to thy own self be TRUE" From Tim
"One of the hardest things I find is keeping a healthy level of motivation. I tend to go in spurts of doing a ton of work, and then being so unmotivated to do anything. It’s really hard to keep it a constant. So what do you do when you are down and out, totally unmotivated?"

After practicing, consulting and observing business practices for over 45 years, I find there nothing wrong with the Spurts.

Many VERY Creative people operate that way...
Massive, almost superhuman, Creative Effort for a period of time and then a restful time to re-group.

I believe the MYTH of continued High level performance represents a Hold to the EMPLOYEE Mentality.

Most of the TRULY successful Entrepreneurs I have been privileged to work with exhibit that Fluctuating Energy..
But they NEVER lose sight of their Definite Major Purpose..Waht to do?

In Tim's case it is easy, just look at his Family for a moment and the Motivation is there. True for all of us.
But also Important to look Seriously in the Mirror each evening and reflect HOW YOU HAVE satisfied the few Simple tasks you charged yourself with each Morning.
As ole' Will said a few hundred years ago...
"to thy own self be TRUE"

]]> By: Carol Walczak http://www.timlinden.com/blog/business/how-do-you-motivate-yourself/#comment-55437 Carol Walczak Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:36:13 +0000 http://www.timlinden.com/blog/?p=1867#comment-55437 Interesting to see this discussion here. I too am pretty wiped out at the moment, working too much and haven't really got much of a life off the computer. What keeps me going is knowing that this is my choice, that I am making progress with my skills and online biz, and that the money is coming in. And like Lynne, I go to the beach to feel good. Also spend time with my kids and cats, they keep me tied in with the "real" world. Interesting to see this discussion here. I too am pretty wiped out at the moment, working too much and haven't really got much of a life off the computer. What keeps me going is knowing that this is my choice, that I am making progress with my skills and online biz, and that the money is coming in. And like Lynne, I go to the beach to feel good. Also spend time with my kids and cats, they keep me tied in with the "real" world.

]]> By: Lynne Sherman http://www.timlinden.com/blog/business/how-do-you-motivate-yourself/#comment-55429 Lynne Sherman Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:06:11 +0000 http://www.timlinden.com/blog/?p=1867#comment-55429 Hi Tim, When I can't get myself going, I take myself to the ocean and fill my lungs with salty air and let the wind blow the cobwebs away. Usually only takes about 20 minutes to restore my motivation to earn a living so I can stay by the ocean to restore my motivation so I can...hmmm, I thought I was in a rut, but it looks like it's more of a circle! Seriously, the only way I can motivate myself for the mundane, boring tasks is by promising myself a nice treat when I finish. Lynne Hi Tim,

When I can't get myself going, I take myself to the ocean and fill my lungs with salty air and let the wind blow the cobwebs away. Usually only takes about 20 minutes to restore my motivation to earn a living so I can stay by the ocean to restore my motivation so I can...hmmm, I thought I was in a rut, but it looks like it's more of a circle!

Seriously, the only way I can motivate myself for the mundane, boring tasks is by promising myself a nice treat when I finish.

Lynne

]]> By: Gail McDonald http://www.timlinden.com/blog/business/how-do-you-motivate-yourself/#comment-55428 Gail McDonald Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:16:56 +0000 http://www.timlinden.com/blog/?p=1867#comment-55428 Right now I feel so blessed. I have two jobs that are my dream jobs. I am a Rehabilitation Practitioner by day and a fitness instructor two evenings a week. I have two grown sons that just moved back home and a marriage that has lasted 29 years. However, the pay is poor and I know that jobs do not last forever, nor does your health. Two and a half years ago I had a heart attack. I was only 51. To keep motivated, I have a plan each day to accomplish certain tasks that I have set for myself. Then I reward myself with something fun. Life is too short to have regrets. Right now I feel so blessed. I have two jobs that are my dream jobs. I am a Rehabilitation Practitioner by day and a fitness instructor two evenings a week. I have two grown sons that just moved back home and a marriage that has lasted 29 years. However, the pay is poor and I know that jobs do not last forever, nor does your health. Two and a half years ago I had a heart attack. I was only 51. To keep motivated, I have a plan each day to accomplish certain tasks that I have set for myself. Then I reward myself with something fun. Life is too short to have regrets.

]]> By: Lucie Bellemare http://www.timlinden.com/blog/business/how-do-you-motivate-yourself/#comment-55427 Lucie Bellemare Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:33:14 +0000 http://www.timlinden.com/blog/?p=1867#comment-55427 I think the main thing is that you have to do something you like. There are many ways to make money on the Internet, and one person just can't do it all. So it is important to find something you really like doing day after day and focus on that. Then the motivation comes more easily! I think the main thing is that you have to do something you like. There are many ways to make money on the Internet, and one person just can't do it all. So it is important to find something you really like doing day after day and focus on that.

Then the motivation comes more easily!

]]> By: CJ http://www.timlinden.com/blog/business/how-do-you-motivate-yourself/#comment-55400 CJ Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:47:07 +0000 http://www.timlinden.com/blog/?p=1867#comment-55400 i'm one of those positve thinking ppl... i pray alot, and i just stay pretty upbeat, i dunno why but thats how i am, and i have alot of fun surfing or just hanging out with freinds and family.... i've been pretty blessed most of my life. but i think what motivates me now is being able to help other ppl.. it makes u feel good to help others ;) i'm one of those positve thinking ppl... i pray alot, and i just stay pretty upbeat, i dunno why but thats how i am, and i have alot of fun surfing or just hanging out with freinds and family.... i've been pretty blessed most of my life. but i think what motivates me now is being able to help other ppl.. it makes u feel good to help others ;)

]]> By: Jonathan Haynes http://www.timlinden.com/blog/business/how-do-you-motivate-yourself/#comment-55399 Jonathan Haynes Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:36:48 +0000 http://www.timlinden.com/blog/?p=1867#comment-55399 That happens, I believe the main motivation is first making a living, then once you are achieving that it is making a difference and an impact. If neither of those two are happenings then it is really hard to stay motivated, except to hope that somehow you can if you keep at it that it will happen. If those are happening, a good way to keep motivated is to journal it and look at it to try and map it out, so you can break it down to a daily level. There will always be highs and lows, another thing to keep in mind is not to focus on how you feel at the time, but what you know, i.e. that if you do x, y, and z odds are good you will achieve such and such. Knowledge should drive your work, while the feelings take a back seat. I believe the most difficult times are when you are trying to find out what works and doesn't and struggling through failure after failure. Success tends to motivate, failure tends to deflate. Lastly, the business should be a means to an end and not an end in itself, just keeping that in perspective is an important motivator. That happens, I believe the main motivation is first making a living, then once you are achieving that it is making a difference and an impact. If neither of those two are happenings then it is really hard to stay motivated, except to hope that somehow you can if you keep at it that it will happen. If those are happening, a good way to keep motivated is to journal it and look at it to try and map it out, so you can break it down to a daily level.

There will always be highs and lows, another thing to keep in mind is not to focus on how you feel at the time, but what you know, i.e. that if you do x, y, and z odds are good you will achieve such and such. Knowledge should drive your work, while the feelings take a back seat. I believe the most difficult times are when you are trying to find out what works and doesn't and struggling through failure after failure. Success tends to motivate, failure tends to deflate.

Lastly, the business should be a means to an end and not an end in itself, just keeping that in perspective is an important motivator.

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