How to Motivate Yourself for the New Year

Usually, you can only experience two types of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic. But if you don’t know, you might only try to improve one and lose the benefits of the other.

• Extrinsic motivation makes you do things because of a reward. No matter the...

• Spend a few daily hours doing what energizes and motivates you the most.
• Search for growth opportunities even in the worst situations. Simple to say, try it. It will change your perspective.
• Create meaning in your free time even if, for the m...

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High levels of energy often translate into high levels of motivation. But people often ignore how they could energize themselves more.

For many years, I thought buying new gadgets would help me write more. So, I bought a Mac, a Kindle Scribe, and an iPad. But those materialistic rew...

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• a challenge to pursue...

Usually, I suggest building habits and routines. And I think they will remain a big part of anyone’s growth. But we are not the same. And what works for me might be impossible for someone else.

Some people are consistent. Others overwork one day a week and achieve the same results. And

Tom Rath says you can recognize fully charged days by three things:

• meaning
• interactions
• and energy.

And you want to maximize each of those parameters to peak performance and build your future. Here are 6...

Creating meaning is an evolutionary process that takes ages. And you can only proceed with daily improvements:

• grow purpose every day
• and enjoy the small successes of life.

Soon, you will realize that small actions create a strong...

First, you must create meaning.

It should be simple, right? Not really.

You can’t wake up one day and decide you will find purpose in life. No, not even on the 31st of December. It can happen, but you won’t know until it becomes your purpose.

If you love what you do, you won’t work one day of your life – you must never forget it. Therefore, find at least one thing you love about what you do, and you will always find the energy to do it more and more.

Make a job out of your dreams – this...

I know it’s not Christmas yet. And it might be too late for you to behave so Santa would come. But for the next year, focus on others’ happiness more than yours.

In life, you can see happiness from two points of view:

• When you focus on yours, you will see...

Social interactions might achieve a negative or positive result. And the sum of interactions has a powerful influence on your motivation.

Therefore, you must:

• Control your social circle to achieve a positive sum of interactions. Next year, remove toxic people fro...