Description
Book SynopsisIn this day and age, high self-esteem is a must, both in the workplace and at home. Whether you want to change your career, find a new interest, get a promotion, lose weight, quit smoking, promote teamwork in the office or improve your own individual performance, you need to find the motivation to do so first.
Trade Review"This user-friendly guide is full of great exercises to focus your mind and help you achieve your goals" (Prima, January 2008)
Table of ContentsIntroduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organised
Part I: Understanding The Basics of Motivation
Part II: Identifying & Maintaining Change
Part III: Arming yourself with motivational tools
Part IV: Using motivation in different areas of your life
Part V: The Part of Tens
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: Understanding the Basics of Motivation
Chapter 1: Introducing motivation
A brief definition of motivation
What it is
Knowing how to maintain it
Deciding how motivation will help you
Exploring the benefits
Identifying the barriers
Looking into your brain or body for answers
What it feels like
Looking forward
Chapter 2: Exploring the psychology of motivation
Identifying the stages
Relating yourself to each stage
Exploring how the psychology can help
Getting your mind around motivation
Unravelling the mystery
Taking control of your mind
Knowing why we struggle to summon it
Finding your inner strength
Overcoming the barriers
Chapter 3: Preparing yourself for motivation
Identifying your priorities for motivation
Starting with the end in sight
Highlighting what matters for you
Getting yourself ready
Choosing when you will start
Committing to the first action
Creating a motivational environment
Setting up a supportive network
Changing your environment
Part II Identifying & Maintaining Change
Chapter 4: Summoning the motivation to change
Planning to take action
Taking the first steps
Discovering values that motivate you
Listing your personal values
Knowing what is stopping you
Identifying your demotivators
Acknowledging your excuses
Understanding the positive by-products
Chapter 5: Goal-Setting
Facing your demons
Recognising areas to change (e.g.. losing weight, getting fit, becoming healthier)
Identifying new goals to keep you going
Finding the goals to aim for
Deciding the focus
Dividing goals into achievable chunks
Choosing your new years resolution
Prioritising the goals
Choosing quick wins
Defining your long term goals
Applying the SMART rule
Chapter 6: Maintaining motivation now and beyond
Visualising motivation
Seeing your success
Feeling the benefits
Hearing the praise
Travelling through time
Propelling yourself forward
Praising your successes
Internal and external praising
Steering a clear course
Adjusting to daily challenges
Chapter 7: Dealing with Setbacks
Having contingencies in place
Knowing who to call on for help
Reprioritising the action plan
Overcoming the struggle to maintain motivation
Reminding yourself of the benefits
Refocusing on the rewards
Knowing when fear may be affecting you
Facing the fear
Overcoming fear and taking action
Part III: Arming yourself with motivational tools
Chapter 8: Incentivising motivation (page count 8)
Creating a variety of incentives
Choosing your favourites
Explore different incentives for different situations
One size doesn't fit all
Chapter 9: Quizzing your brain cells
Scoring your personal motivation
Raising the score
Exploring the left and right side
Recognising the differences
Connecting both sides
Motivational exercises
Experiencing the future
Stepping into motivation
Chapter 10: Using NLP as a motivator
Identifying the positive by product of inactivity
Creating the by-product in other ways
Feeling OK with your decision
Defining what makes someone tick
Using the senses
Taking the other person's perspective
Exploring logical levels
Identity
Values
Behaviour
Capability
Environment
Part IV: Using motivation in different areas of your life
Chapter 11: Career and work
Motivating yourself
Realising what's in it for me
Knowing when enough is enough
Prioritising other tasks
Rewarding quick wins
Motivating your team
Exploring team goals
Identifying team barriers
Chapter 12: Money
Defining how money motivates you
Buying choices
Linking financial incentives with goals
Sustaining the motivation long term
Identifying when money is no longer motivating
Understanding what money gives you
Chapter 13: Health and wellbeing
Avoiding illness and disease
Moving towards health
Banishing unhealthy habits
Creating a healthier lifestyle
Deciding your food priorities
Taking time out to relax and recharge
Making exercise fun
Chapter 14: Developing and growing
Managing your emotions
Identifying your feelings
Choosing appropriate responses
Taking leaps forward
Making personal changes
Honouring your values
Experiencing new challenges
Embracing change
Leaving your comfort zone
Chapter 15: Relationships
Personal
Identify what motivates your family
Recognise each person’s own motivator
Ensure family preferences are all met
Professional
Engaging motivational people
Creating a motivating support group Exploring a win/win approach
Finding what motivates other people Acknowledging individuality
Exploring hidden talents
Embracing personal choice
Tuning into their values
Discovering different mindsets
Acknowledging individual preferences
Part V: The part of Tens
Chapter 16: Ten Inspirational Resources
Chapter 17: Ten great motivating people e.g.
David Beckham
Sir Steve Redgrave
Sir Richard Branson
Winston Churchill
Nelson Mandela
Margaret Thatcher
Tiger Woods
Lewis Hamilton
Freddie Flintoff
J K Rowling
Jane Tomlinson
Chapter 18: Ten Motivational Exercises )
Appendix: Resource List
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