“Hey Julia!
I gots a dilemma about motivation lol.
When I do the motivation formula it highlights that I really don’t expect to achieve my goal. At day 45 I’m at only 12%.
However, my value is 10 as the goal is for the business to be able to cover the expenses, covering the expenses means I won’t be so stressed, not being stressed means I can stop being snarky and have a nice life with my family!
So do I go ahead an lower the goal knowing that my value of it might drop if the business doesn’t become sustainable?
I’m trying to reconcile that some progress towards sustainability is better than none but my logical brain is having none of it!”
K x
đOh lovely K, we can fix this!đ
First of all, if youâre not K and you havenât watched the Day 45 Boost video, the Motivation Formula (that K is talking about) is a quick way of working out how intrinsically motivated you are about a goal. Roughly, it measures how much ânaturalâ motivation your goal gives you.
The formula is:
Motivation= âyour self-belief that you can reach your goalâ multiplied by âhow important that goal is to youâ.
You can try this yourself. Give yourself a score out of 10 for self-belief (how much you believe you can reach your goal); and give yourself a score out of 10 for value (how important reaching this goal is to you).
Letâs say your self-belief is 8 and your value is 8, your motivation score will be 64/100 which means you have a lot of natural motivation to reach your goal. And that makes sense. When you âthink you can do itâ and âachieving it is very important to you‘, of course youâll feel motivated.
But you, lovely K, say you have a high âvalueâ but a low âself-beliefâ score. So, maybe, your âvalueâ is 10 but your self-belief is down round 3. Your natural motivation on that basis is a low 30/100 and youâre wondering if you should lower your goal to increase your âself-beliefâ score. But you donât want to lower your goal because itâs important to you.
Hmm. What to do?!
I donât think you need to lower your goal. I think with a little bit of work on your self belief, and an extra injection of motivation. Youâll be ok. So try this:
1.Self Belief
Right! Letâs start with self-belief. I know itâs a big ask to suddenly start believing in yourself, butâŠ.
A. You have every reason to be optimistic:
On Day 45 youâd reached just 12% of your goal and Iâm guessing you think your efforts arenât working. But donât be gloomy! Thatâs the thing about the 100 Day Goal: effort and results donât form a nice straight line. Itâs not unusual to put a lot of effort in during the first 50 days and not see the results until Day 80. Gah! I know itâs frustrating, but it takes time for your efforts to start yielding. Itâs not a reflection of your abilities, itâs how things work. Provided youâve been doing your Microactions you have every reason to be believe your efforts will fruit soon!
B. You need to talk to yourself:
Itâs important that you put good confident vibes out into the universe. I know that sounds woo woo, but confidence attracts results. When it comes to selling (and Iâm guessing you have a sales goal) your confidence subconsciously impacts your potential customers. Just trust me with this. It does. So you need to talk yourself into feeling a bit more confident. And how can you do this? Well one way is to use Affirmations. Thereâs lots I could say about affirmations but in a nutshell you just need to know that the act of speaking a positive statement about yourself out loud causes your subconscious brain to believe itâs true which in turn causes you (subconsciously) to act like it is true. In other words, if you say you are confident, you will act confidently!
Itâs a quirky brain thing. But affirmations actually are a scientifically smart way to improve your self belief.
So, K, start saying affirmations like âI am confident with my 100 Day Goal plan and the way things are goingâ or âI am confident in my business and love selling my productâ (or whatever affirmation you choose!) and this will help you appear more confident which in turn will increase your sales. Really!
Tip! You need to say your affirmation out loud at least 5 times a day. But only in private. It feels weird but give it a go!
2. Prop yourself up with other motivators
The other thing you can do is to increase your motivation in other ways. Itâs always fine (and good!) to prop up your natural motivation (your ‘self belief‘ X ‘value’) with other motivational techniques. Our natural motivation rollercoasters during the 100 Day Goal. None of us have eternal motivation (shame!). So to boost your motivation:
*Read through your smile file (or start one, itâs a collection of nice things that customers have said about your business)
*Go for a walk. The chemicals produced in your brain through exercise will make you feel motivated for everything and anything
*Read an inspiring story (autobiographies are good)
* Watch people winning a race (watching runners cross a finish line sends messages to our subconscious brain making US feel successful, the feeling of success creates a rush of dopamine which then motivates us. Our weird and amazing brain!)
And keep going K. Donât lower your goal (unless you really want to). You’ve got this!
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