Motivation is a word which itself carries a positive vibe and one should really have some motivation infrequent intervals.

Everyone suggests other than person lack motivation, or directly suggests person remain motivated. But, no one ever tells what motivation of how one can stay motivated is. Motivation means to face obstacle and find an inspiration that helps you to go through tough times. In addition, it helps you to move further in life.

We often use word motivation. Some people fall for it as a desire or something that makes you an addict and needed repeated doses of it to do anything? Whereas contrary to this belief motivation is not an external addiction but it is rather an internal force that sits inside your body as a guide, mentor and teacher to act as a bridge between your goals and struggles.

Motivation is something that cannot be understood with words but with practice. It means to be moved by something so strongly that it becomes an inspiration for you. Motivation is flow, a process that is essentially important for us in this fast paced life to reach at height of success. It guides, regulates and helps us to stay focused and consistent to our goals. Motivation is strongest force that makes you work, act and arise every single time when faced with defeat or danger. It is thirst, desire, when strongly it occupies your body. A confident and self-motivated mind is what successful, clear and strongest leader of today.

Motivation is an essential factor that changes positive thought into instant action. It switches a great idea into action and can undoubtedly affect world around you. However, not all are born with motivation. People sometimes have disbelief in themselves; they often say, "I can't do that" or "the timing is not right." Being demotivated means living a life as a worn-out machine. Your life will become dull without any spark. So, to gain inner peace and satisfaction in life, you must always stay motivated.

TYPES OF MOTIVATION:

It can be differentiated into two types, first one is Internal and other is External motivation.

Internal Motivation: Feel comes like an internal voice, for example, if your handwriting is poor and you want to improve then you will work hard of your own to change your handwriting. There is an internal pressure that will provoke you and encourage you to become best.

External Motivation: Sometimes we feel criticised and we have to improve our performance then we don't feel motivated to do something for our purpose. This is an external motivation, it can be your teacher or parents motivating you to improve your handwriting and you will try but not in such a way as your internal motivation works.

Motivation plays an important role in building personality of an individual. It provides encouragement to achieve goals in life. Needless to say, motivation is an essential part of life, which makes a person more confident to do work. It is a quality that helps in facing and overcoming hurdles. Feeling of motivation makes a person to fight during hard times and move on with life. Motivation can change personality and perception of people. Those who are motivated tend to be stronger and more confident. Whereas, person who lacks motivation fails to achieve success in life. Therefore, it is necessary to be motivated in whatever you do.

To make someone feel motivated, there are certain things that you can follow in your life. Here are a few tips for motivation mentioned below:

TIPS:

* Encourage people in whatever task they take up.

* Speak positive words to show appreciation.

* Listen to other people and their point of view.

* Give positive feedback for their performance.

* Surround yourself with people who are positive. Set goals and make a checklist of tasks that you want to accomplish. This will help you to be motivated and work towards your goals.

* Stick to things that fascinate you. This will enable you to feel motivated in doing things that interest you and you are passionate about.

* Find ways to feel motivated in your work or task.

* Track your progress on a regular basis so that you can feel motivated to know how far you have reached your goals.

Motivation is force that every one of us needed in life. As you know, we all live in a fast paced life, where goal setting, rewards, achievements and success is glorified. Therefore, for sake of achieving highest regard in life, a man struggles. During daily life struggle of achieving happy life, good career, prosperous business and productive relations, a man is in state of constant struggle. In order to maintain status of constant struggles, we needed continuous motivation to keep going with all challenges of life. Therefore, we can say that when we are extremely inspired or excited for getting results as per our expectations we become happy and more motivated. When you read success stories of people around, you become filled with motivation and power to keep it up. Motivation, in that way, helps us stay focused, consistent and enables us to work hard towards achieving goals

Paybacks on Motivation in Life: Motivation is crucially important for our daily life. Among all other benefits, following are noted impacts of motivation on our life;

PAYBACKS OF MOTIVATION:

MOTIVATION ENHANCES PERFORMANCE: Person who feels motivated will enhance their performance. They feel and think in a certain way that will be beneficial for task. It will enable them to put their thoughts into action.

MOTIVATION IMPROVES EFFICIENCY:

Person who is motivated will work tirelessly to give their best. If you feel motivated, there will be proper planning and systemic approach towards task that you are doing.

DEVELOPS ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

When your motivation level is higher, there will be development of essential skills such as communication, problem solving, decision making and analytical skills while learning or doing some work.

MOTIVATION IMPROVES YOUR RELATIONSHIPS:

Relationships can be challenging. We all have to work through misunderstandings, conflicts, and setting boundaries. Relationships also require a lot of time and energy. If you lack motivation, problems go unaddressed, distance is created, and everyone involved feels neglected. If you're motivated to improve or maintain a relationship, that relationship is better for it.

MOTIVATION GETS YOU THROUGH HARD TIMES:

When things are going well, it's not too difficult to stay motivated. When things get harder, however, it's easier to lose sight of finish line. Stress of your situation can overwhelm you and make you feel like you're failing. Intentionally thinking about what motivates you is a great way to stay afloat. You can own your feelings, but still remember that you're capable of getting through this time. Your motivations compel you to keep trying.

To conclude, motivation is one of key elements that help a person to be successful. A motivated person tries to push his limits and always tries to improve his performance day by day. Also, person always gives her/his best no matter what task is. Besides, person always tries to remain progressive and dedicated to her/his goals.  Without motivation, it would have been quite hard for people to reach goals by standing upright and consistent with challenges of life. Motivation is indeed a well-regarded and well settled force that we all need in our life.

Published in The Daily National Courier, January, 22 2024

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