Staying Motivated!!

 Motivation, as one starts to think of motivation, there are dreams, ideas and many positive thoughts come to the mind… In fact to be motivated, you just need a goal or an idea and they will take you a long way, maybe a lifetime…

When I was a kid, I always wanted to be a Pilot, I still do. Will that ever happen, I don’t know but what has happened is that I have been in a flight more often than I ever thought! Inquisitive about the way the controls work, I read a lot about what goes on in the cockpit and in the working of the plane…

The desire to be there one day in the cockpit still gives me goosebumps and that adrenaline rush. I feel so connected to my dream, when I think about being in a flight from one destination to another.

Not only this, I should tell you the secret of how I got my current job here in Canada. First and foremost is trust in the Almighty God, secondly faith in ones abilities, and a clear vision. Hear me when I say vision, I should tell you this that one fine morning of November 2015, I was walking on University Avenue, Toronto and I see this high rise with the name written on the top as a very BOLD & WHITE, TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES. Immediately my steps start to take me towards this building for no want of meeting anyone but just finding out if they have any opportunity for me.

Finally I reach the reception of the building on the ground floor and ask the person sitting there, which floor is TCS and there came the response, which I was not expecting. He said “It’s a very strange question, I asked why so, he replies, Because TCS hasn’t moved yet to this location, there is fit-outs going on right now and they will move in sometime in the last week of November…”

I thank him for the information and come out of the building. Here I am standing out of that building and the thought goes like a flash. “Why not look for opportunities with TCS and find a common set of priorities.” And the rest is history, I searched and found one opportunity while going through LinkedIn, in the wee hours of the midnight and voila, the next day I get a call from TCS and series of interviews followed”

Coming back to what I intend to write today for all of you reading this:

Staying Motivated!! The 7 Steps To Staying Motivated:

1. Always Thank The Almighty God for What You Have! That’s the spiritual side of me, I always keep that in mind, for what I have is the gift from God & the timeless and priceless moments my family spends with me, My Mom, Dad, Wife, Siblings & Their Partners and the Lovely Angels…
2. Follow Your Own Progress for just How far You Have Come! That’s an excellent motivational tool, as you grow, you become mature, have all types of experiences, knowledge & the wisdom gained over these years…
3. Set Your Own Goals & Priorities for What You Want To Achieve! When you have a goal or a couple of them, it’s easier to keep track of how you want to achieve them. You will for sure stay the course. Don’t just follow blindly, make changes to your goals, life is very dynamic, the more dynamism you show the more flexible you are and it helps you achieve your goals at your own pace and yet, provide the best final outcome to you as you reach closure to the summit.
4. Create a Project Plan for keeping track of Your Direction & Pace! This is a very important task, if you have the right Critiqued Project Plan, you are on the Launchpad to achieving your end goal. Building a plan is one part, getting it signed off by yourself, polished it by critics, explaining it to the team only if you have one… Even if you don’t have a formal team for your personal goals, you still have people who are part of the ARMI – Approver, Resource, Member, Interested Party to your goals, obviously you can always say that you yourself is the ARMI, but it’s always better to have a couple of more hands to help you in achieving, And they can be your well-wishers, peers, parents, siblings, partner or even kids…
5. Find Your Cycle of Creativity for When You Want to Focus On Your Creative Activities! Because just like your body cycle, there is another cycle I have identified, which is your own Cycle of Creativity, it is exactly the hour or a couple of hours when you are TRULY INCREDIBLY YOURSELF, The High Point of Your Creativity! Find that, because what you accomplish here is what will help you achieve your goals, maybe much faster than you planned to achieve.
6. Study Your Environment & Everything In Between for what you want to achieve, also depends on the environment, not too much, but substantially higher than one thinks! It important to study your peers, your subject, your opportunity, the positives & the negatives of working in the current environment, what is the impact if anything happens that stops you from achieving your goals. Building on your knowledge, sharpen your saw, I liked this habit the most in the “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. And keep yourself rejuvenated with fun in between, else you will go dull and your motivation will die down…
7. Don’t Lose Patience or Become Complacent as you come nearer to your goal! Sometimes you can lose patience due to unnecessary limits on your project, restrictions, or obstacles. Try find a way out of them and build a stronger connect with your goal by achieving victory over these obstacles or hindrances. You own your own will, no one can stop you, and you are unstoppable in most of the circumstances unless they are natural calamities. Only you can decide what direction is right and when. And with the right amount of these following ingredients: (LIFE TM)

1. LQ – Luck Quotient
2. IQ – Intelligence Quotient
3. FQ – Fun Quotient
4. EQ – Emotional Quotient
5. TQ – Timing Quotient
6. MQ – Motivational Quotient

There you go, I am not saying that these are the best ways to Staying Motivated. However, what I am trying to convey here is that you can achieve your goals by Staying Motivated and when you do so, the above steps and secret ingredients which I call (LIFE TM) will help you in all possible ways and define your next possible step to success.

Stay Motivated, Be Positive & Achieve Great Success!!

Written By:

Ravi Anand