How to be Motivated, Disciplined and Successful
How to be Motivated, Disciplined and Successful Here is what you should do: Focus on mastering one thing at a time! Your attention is like the sun rays, scattered and diffused in many directions. You can’t burn a piece of paper with such rays. You need a magnifying glass which would collect all your rays in one place. When you have all your powers concentrated on a single point, Boom!! It wouldn’t take seconds to burn that paper. Similarly, Collect all your powers and focus on one thing, just a single thing. Leave all the rest. You’d be 10x more productive! Let’s get to it one by one How to develop Discipline? Know your strengths and weaknesses. Set clear, measurable goals according to point no. 1
Keyword: Clear and Measurable Ex: I want to reduce my weight by 15kg within the next 6 months by doing aerobics. Start small. Ex: If you want to do 50 push ups a day, start by doing 5 a day. But, do it everyday. Increase the number gradually as you get more comfortable. Reward yourself. After that strenuous exercise, give yourself a treat. Restrain yourself from temptations.
The reward system would be of help here. How to develop Motivation? If you have mastered discipline, motivation is a piece of cake. I would go on and add you might not even need motivation if you have developed discipline. But, it definitely takes a motivation to build discipline. Take control of what you can, don’t worry of what can’t be. Optimism helps, so do positive affirmations. Have a plan. Celebrate your achievements. And Most importantly: Have a purpose. If you get this wrong, everything said above fails. Before doing anything, ask yourself a question Why Why are you doing what you are doing? Get a clear purpose. How to become successful? There are hundreds of factors which can determine success of a individual. But, These are the two I feel are more important. Constant Learning. Learn from anything and everything from your life as well as others. Try them, make plenty of mistakes, learn from them. Fail fast. Learn faster Consistency People who are successful are consistent. If you can master motivation and discipline, you can easily be consistent. Consistency is one of the key to success. These are not the only tips you need .There are hundreds and thousands of self -improvement tips on the internet. You can get great value out of them. You can be hugely successful, motivated and disciplined. Focus on mastering one thing at a time. Source:
From Quora by Akhil Mohan