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Staying pumped

Everyone is extremely motivated as the new year begins .There is a long list of things one will be doing -writing that book , starting that business, losing 5 pounds, starting to work out and so on.Usually, a week into January, it starts to reduce.One begins to procrastinate, feel lazy, evade or distract with addictions. By the end of february the last bits of motivation are gone.One is back to where one started. How then does one continue to stay motivated? 1.By surrounding yourself by equally driven people 2.By cutting negative and toxic people out of your life 3.By training your brain to think of new tasks as pleasure because the brain is wired to chase pleasure 4.By creating positive images of tasks and telling your brain you're pumped to do it 5.By staying away from addictions and false stories you tell yourself which lead to procrastination By practicing these regularly you will heal

How to maintain enthusiasm at work

What is enthusiasm Enthusiasm is that ecstatic energy that you feel deep within when you approach anything with the excitement,passion and drive to deliver and grow.It is more beautiful than svaroski diamonds and the sunset in the Fiji Islands.It fuels you to outperform yourself and propels you forward as you chase your dreams and goals. Sadly, this energy is eaten into by asshole bosses, complaining colleagues,nasty hours, overtly demanding clients, lack of appreciation ,team politics,lack of sleep,excessive caffeine and doughnuts. After a while, typically an employee shows up at work looking and feeling like a corpse and does not have the motivation to perform.It is all about the paycheque and paying bills thereafter.Also, promotions,new responsibilities,career growth cease to interest the employee. His/her fire is getting extinguished by this stage. The answer to re-kindling the fire is re-injecting enthusiasm or preventing the loss thereof. The ways to do tha...