To be successful in life you have to get enough motivation to do something.

We don’t get rewarded for good intentions, knowledge or just for great ideas. If that were the case then the most successful people would be philosophers and professors.

While we all need good intentions, knowledge and ideas are not enough unless you are motivated enough to do something about them.

There is power in action…otherwise it is just a dream. Here are some tips to help you get started getting more motivation in your life.

Get a Big Enough WHY

We all do things for a reason, whether it is through inaction or action, they are all a choice. Unless we have a big enough reason “Why” we need to take action, then there is just to much momentum to keep on doing what you always have been doing. And how do you expect different results all of a sudden just doing what you’ve always bee doing.

A great way to get a big enough “why” to take action, is doing a writing exercise where you spend some time to write out all the benefits you are going to get if you take action. Picture what your life would be like if you were to take action today. Then write out what your life would be like if you didn’t take action, what would you miss out on and what would you lose. By giving yourself enough reasons to take action you will also give yourself the conviction to get motivated.

Get Started Today

A common problem why people have difficulty to get motivated is that they always postpone what they need to do today till tomorrow. Have you ever heard someone who is all excited about changing their diet and introducing an exercise regime so that they can lose weight. Only to hear at the end of the conversation that they will start it first thing Monday morning.

The best time to start something is yesterday. The second best time is today. Stop putting off what you need to do until sometime in the future because the future never happens, you only have control over your present.

Be Accountable

A great way to get motivated to take action is to tell someone what you want to do or change in your life. Tell them the details and when you will actually do it by. That way you now have someone who knows about your plans and deadlines. None of us want to disappoint people in our lives, or be embarrassed by the failure of reaching our goals, so this is a great way to get motivated to get things done.

Set a Deadline

A deadlines is a great way to get you motivated especially when it starts to loom closer and closer. We have all gone through those times during school or when we had to do an assignment only to put it off until the deadline was almost there. Eventually we ended up cramming to finish it till the wee hours of the morning prior to the due date.

Deadlines can get you motivated when nothing else seems to work. Of course this is not the ideal way to get yourself motivated, but if it gets you to take  action it is better than nothing.

Create Urgency

The reason most people aren’t motivated to make changes in their lives is because there just is not enough urgency to take action. They have a false sense of belief that tomorrow will always be waiting and they will get started. It wasn’t until the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York that most people woke up and realized that there just isn’t any guarantee that tomorrow is actually going to come for them.

The terrorist attacks woke up many people enough to take action and review their lives. People ended up motivated enough to drastically change many areas of their lives and put a sense of balance into their world.

But why do we need a terrorist attack to make such a decision?

At the end of the day you cannot rely on someone else to get you motivated. Others might produce short term results, but in the long run the only person that can give you the motivation you need is YOU.

To be successful in your profession or your business you MUST TAKE ACTION!

Think for a moment about the people you admire and would classify as “great, or achievers, or movers and shakers”. Throughout all of history we can find them being quoted, used as the standard and even revered.

Even though many of their backgrounds, professions and stories are different - they seem to contain at least two common essential elements that were instrumental in leading them to greatness: systematic thinking and movement with urgent purpose.

We have all experienced this: concentrated thoughts cause results,while scattered mental patterns do not. The example of a magnifying glass being held over a piece of paper comes to mind. The result is fire! But, keep moving the magnifying glass around on the paper and what do you get? Nothing.

When your thoughts, energy and activity are scattered and all over the board, you create no focal point, no intensity, no sense of urgency resulting in - no fire.

Our heroes are those who seemingly accomplish more in a single year than most create in a lifetime. I personally know a lady in the travel business that I belong to, that joined the company three years ago and is now the #2 earner in the company. She made more than $3 million last year and is the top female earner in the the entire travel industry ! All this from a woman who was, by her own testimony, sleeping in her car and showering at truck stops just 3 years ago.

The world cries out for men and women who can get things done. Humanity itself has never been so prepared to follow those who are authentic in their promise to lead others to where they want to go.

But what about you? What role will you play in history?

Greatness derives not only from working harder, but from working more effectively through systematic thought and movement with urgent purpose. It comes from selling out. It comes from drawing a line in the sand and declaring to the world, “This is my time, this is my place, and this is my purpose. I will complete the task and fulfill my destiny.”

Joe Congo offers all the training you need to excel in your Home Business Opportunity, but you are the one who must take action. You are the one who must seek Greatness. Nobody else can do it for you.

5 Simple Steps to Uncovering Your Next  Goal.Do you know what you want? What you really want? While they might not always be easy to find, the answers to this question are there, waiting for you. And if you just have 15 minutes to spare, those answers can soon be yours. Do you want a Home Business Opportunity?

Before you begin, you’ll need a pencil, a pad of paper, a planner or personal calendar, and a timer or watch. As you answer each of the questions below, don’t over think it or worry about the “right” things to say. The point is to gather the first things that pop into your head, so feel free to write anything and everything that comes to mind.

STEP 1 - THINK LONG-TERM. What do you want to accomplish by the end of your life? Start the timer and spend three minutes - and three minutes only - writing down your answers. Have you always wanted to write a novel? Start a business? Join the Peace Corps?

STEP 2 - THINK NEXT YEAR. What do you want to accomplish one year from today? Again, just spend three minutes recording all the thoughts and ideas that pop into your
head. Would you like to pursue a new career path? Spend more time with your family?

STEP 3 - THINK NEXT MONTH. What if you found out that you had just one month to live? What would you do with your remaining thirty days? Spend three minutes writing your answers. Would you travel to another country? Get in touch with old friends? Risk it all can chase that dream you’ve kept locked away inside?

STEP 4 - WHAT DID YOU FIND? Review your answers to each of the questions above. What broader themes do you notice? What do they say about who you are and what you really want out of life? After three minutes of looking over what you’ve written, answer the question: What I really want to do next is…

STEP 5 - PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. With the next big idea in hand, it’s important to make sure it doesn’t go to waste. Think of a specific action you can take within the next seven days that will get this new goal rolling in the right direction and schedule it in your planner.