Are you feeling sluggish and unmotivated? It can be hard to focus and persevere with our daily tasks when our drive feels low. However, we can use professional strategies to reignite our motivation and be productive again. In this article, we provide insight into how trying something new today can provide the spark to fire up your motivation.
Table of Contents:
1. Identifying Your Motivation Drivers
2. Discovering What You Find Interesting
3. Making the Decision to Broaden Your Horizons
4. Practical Steps to Get Started
5. The Benefits of Trying Something New
1. Identifying Your Motivation Drivers
Developing a greater appreciation of what motivates you can be a powerful tool to rekindle your enthusiasm. For instance, some people use achievement, while others focus on creation. Once you discover what drives you, you can then direct your efforts in ways that create which most increase your motivation.
2. Discovering What You Find Interesting
Uncovering what makes you curious and excited can be liberating. To start, think of the activities and fields that capture your imagination. However, don’t limit yourself here, as you might surprise yourself. For instance, when exploring, the activities you once thought mundane may still have aspects that draw your interest.
3. Making the Decision to Broaden Your Horizons
With a better sense of what motivates and interests you, you can begin taking action. To keep things manageable and viable, start small. For example, devote an hour a week to do something new and/or to develop an existing interest.
4. Practical Steps to Get Started
A realistic goal could be to read an article once a week from an industry you find intriguing, or a relevant TED talk or webinar to understand an unfamiliar idea. Alternatively, you could take up a new hobby, for example, learning a foreign language. From here, take small steps to build upon your knowledge and skills in that area.
5. The Benefits of Trying Something New
Trying something new brings many advantages to reigniting our motivation and knowledge. Most importantly, it pushes us out of our comfort zones and helps us double down on what makes us unique, and brings out our enthusiasm. Furthermore, there are various sources of support available to guide you in this new direction. For instance, professional organizations, and the experiences of people in related areas.
Overall, it is possible to draw upon professionals’ strategies and try something new today to ignite your motivation. With a clearer driver of motivation and activities that bring out a sense of curiosity, we can keep working on our goals and enjoy the journey.