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MOTIVATION
How to stay motivated in 2019

The great thing about breaking a goal into monthly stages is that you know quickly if you are on track or not. Whether the month just gone

was a success in terms of achieving your goals or if you didn’t quite get there, there’s lots to be learned either way and a little bit of reflection

can help us see what to do better next time. Questions that will help you learn from your success:-

• How did I approach the month (mindset)?
• How was I feeling about the goals (confidence)?

• Who was also involved (support, accountability, encouragement)?

• How did I overcome hurdles (physical or emotional)?
Questions that will help you learn from not achieving your monthly goal:-

• How did I approach the month (mindset)?

• How was I feeling about the goals (confidence)?
• What came up that I wasn’t expecting and that had a negative outcome on the month?

• How can I deal with that differently next time?

• Who else could I have involved to support and encourage me and/or hold me accountable?

• Where are their gaps in my knowledge/skills?
• If I could go back to the beginning of the month what three things would I do differently?

If you miss the mark one month then it’s important to know why so that you can make the necessary changes and avoid it

happening again. It is also much easier to make up one month’s deficit in an area than to let things drift for several months and have a
mammoth, if not impossible, task of getting back on track.

Your motivation will also be improved if you stay focused on the goal and why it is so important to

you to achieve it. Again a vision board and your goal written down will make a big difference especially if they

are somewhere you see them all the time.