Yes, it’s #Blogmas2021 day two! Let’s talk about goals and motivation. Dear Readers, do you know what it takes to find the motivation to achieve your goals throughout 2022? Have you ever set a new target only to feel discouraged by the extent of the work it would take to make it happen? Lack of motivation usually follows discouragement, and just like that, Dear Readers, another year has gone by, and you have not achieved a single goal that you’ve set for yourself at the beginning of the year. Keep reading to find out how you can harness the motivation to achieve your goals throughout 2022!
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As the brainchild of JMStrategy LLC (JMS), a boutique consulting firm that offers strategic solutions to strengthen your brand, this blog is the place to find the answers to your most burning branding questions. Now let’s go over the crux of the matter when it comes to unlocking the motivation needed to crush 2022 like a boss!
Tracking your top ten goals is the surest way to maintain the motivation to achieve your goals in 2022.
OK, Dear Readers, you have goals. Great. How do you start? Better yet, how do you keep going when you hit a snag with your progress? How do you find any motivation when you are drowning and feel that no one can help you? Does any of these scenarios sound familiar? Good! You’re on track! Why, may you ask? Because, Dear Readers, if your goals are not scaring you, they are not big enough! So, Dear Readers, you must accept a healthy dose of uneasiness or outright anxiety as a part of pursuing your goals.
In other words, Dear Readers, you should expect to lack motivation from time to time. Thus, you need to track your top ten goals monthly to witness your progress and, therefore, believe in yourself. That’s how you maintain the motivation to achieve your goals throughout the year, Dear Readers! Otherwise, you’ll get to December 31st, lamenting that yet another year passed without achieving anything of substance. Isn’t it discouraging to realize that you’ve wasted 365 days? Let’s avoid that, shall we?!!!
Shifting your work mindset without working harder is the surest way to keep the motivation to achieve your goals steady.
Truth be told, Dear Readers, you finance your dreams by getting out of your comfort zone repeatedly! Furthermore, you’ll have to get used to hitting what this blog calls the motivation challenge trifecta:
1) running out of steam at any time, even after a good night sleep,
2) stumbling despite meticulous preparation because life is unexpected,
3) fighting constant discouragement as progress is a succession of plateaus rather than a straight ascension.
When facing this trifecta, Dear Readers, your impulse might be to work harder to overcome all these hurdles. But to what end? All you’ll do is work yourself into a frenzy and an early grave to boot! Consequently, Dear Readers, you need to step up your work ethic without losing your marbles sort of speak.
Thus, this blog believes that achieving any level of success requires a radical mental transformation. While success does not happen in a vacuum or overnight, a mindset shift can happen rather quickly. So, Dear Readers, let go of this unsustainable idea that hard work equals spending more hours at work. And instead, embrace the notion that work ethic is about balance. Ideally, you want to live a life of purpose. In short, Dear Readers, it is easier to find the motivation to achieve your goals throughout 2022 when you are enjoying a meaningful job while taking the time to indulge in the people and things that matter to you most.
Creating a reliable productivity framework to sustain the motivation needed to achieve your goals in 2022.
The last two years have been challenging. You, Dear Readers, have sent us many emails detailing the losses the global pandemic has caused to your family. Many of you are fighting to pick up the pieces of a shattered life and struggling to move forward when you honestly do not feel like it. Therefore, Dear Readers, you must create a reliable productivity system that allows you to put one foot in front of another and keep going.
The truth of the matter is that actions breed motivation, not the other way around. So, the real question is: what kind of acts will bring you closer to your goals consistently? Dear Readers, this blog is not talking about the mindless reflexes you have developed to survive the global pandemic! Nope, that is not living but rather subsisting! Who wants to continue to have that anxiety-filled life? Nobody! Dear Readers, why would you consider settling for such a stressful yet unfulfilled life?
Thus, Dear Readers, if you are serious about having a more meaningful life, your actions must have a purpose. Every single hour of your day must have a direction!
Thus, this blog invites you to get into the habit of reevaluating every aspect of your life. Don’t be scared, Dear Readers, question everything so you can tease what is working and disregard what’s not! So, ask yourself what’s the purpose of your job, of the degree you are currently pursuing, of the people in your life, including family members, of your meals, workouts, the lifestyle you’ve clung to so far into this global pandemic. You get the idea, Dear Readers, question absolutely everything!
Then look at your week and determine how much time you are spending on every aspect of your life. You might find out that you are wasting a lot of energy accomplishing tasks that do not align with your goals. For this reason alone, Dear Readers, creating a productivity framework is life-changing. So come back next week, Dear Readers, as this blog will dive deeper into designing a productivity framework that works for you!
Final thoughts!
There you have it, Dear Readers! The JMS team thanks you, Dear Readers, for taking the time to read this publication. The branding24seven community is here to inspire and encourage you. Now is the time to fight for the career of your dreams, Dear Readers!
Dear Readers, we want to hear from you! What are you doing to find the motivation to achieve your goals throughout 2022? Do you track your goals consistently? How do you conquer the motivation challenge trifecta? Now that yet another new variant is threatening to delay the return to our “normal” lives, do you feel that today’s publication is helping you maintain a positive outlook for 2022? What did we miss? What else can this blog cover that will motivate you and help you be as successful as possible in 2022, Dear Readers?
Let us know using the contact form, by email at jms@branding24seven.com, or by mail at JMStrategy LLC
21 S. 11th Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107.
Catch up with the FIRST installment of this walk into 2022 like a boss series for #Blogmas2021 in case you missed it.
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