No motivation A frequent problem in implementing your plans, including everydayrequiring regularity. This is especially true of, for example, habits of a healthy lifestyle, such as diet and exercises, says the psychologist BJ Fogg, director of the persuasion technology laboratory at the Stanford University in the USA and has a solution for this.
According to a psychologist, you can easily get habits. However, it is not about increasing motivation, but using it when it appears. In an interview with Sethi's shoulder, the author of the book “I will teach you how to be rich”, Fogg explained how to use the “wave of motivation”as he determines the troughs and output of the desire to act. Says:
Motivation has only one role in our lives: it is to help us do difficult things.
So when Motivation is high, you should do all difficult things that make it easier to develop later habits. For example, if you want to start exercising, then when you have motivation, sign up for the gym and set a training plan.
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Fogg also advises that Being motivated, do something that will endure the barrier in making a habit for the future. If you want to eat healthy, after returning from the store, you should immediately wash, peel and cut the vegetables, and then Hold them properly wrapped in the fridge. Thanks to this, during the week, when the motivation decreases, we will not have to perform all these activities and eat vegetables when we normally replace them with something else.
BJ Fogg psychologist advises what to do when we don't want anything
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Fogg's last strategy is Do something that will increase our chance to achieve the goal later. Example: once you go out to run, next time it will be much easier. If you try to cook something according to the new recipe, when your motivation is high, next time it will be much easier, Fogg advises.
What to do if I don't want anything? Habits of a healthy lifestyle
- Use the “wave of motivation” and then do the most difficult things
- When you feel motivated and ready to act, do something that will endure the barrier in making a habit for the future
- If you feel readiness to act, do something that will increase your chance to achieve success later
- It is also worth thinking about the so -called “small steps”. Instead of thinking about all tasks as one big block, divide them into smaller, more managed parts. It is often easier to start with small tasks that can be quickly completed, which can increase the sense of achievement and motivation to continue working.
Note from the publisher: The above article was originally published in July 2016 and was updated.
