5 Ways to Stay Motivated Enough to Achieve Your Goals

5 Ways to Stay Motivated Enough to Achieve Your Goals

October 7, 2018

Thinking big uses up copious amounts of our precious brainpower, as if concentrating in a boring meeting wasn’t already hard enough. It’s no surprise then, that when we’re working hard toward our goals, our motivation often ebbs and flows at times. Staying motivated can sometimes be more difficult than achieving the goal itself!

The International Authority for Professional Coaching and Mentoring is the leading accreditation authority for professional coaches. With that in mind, their Sales & Marketing Director, Dawn Ann Campbell, is sharing with us her five ways to stay motivated enough to achieve your goals.

1. Connect with a mentor in a similar field

Motivation is like Vitamin C; your body cannot make it, you need to find it from another source! Pursuing our goals can often leave us tired and wondering if we’ll be able to make it to the finishing line. When your motivation is running low, finding a mentor or anyone you aspire to, who has achieved what you want to achieve, can easily top up your motivation levels.

2. Break down the big goal into many small goals

By minimising goals into more reachable targets, your goals won’t seem nearly as distant. If you reward every small successful step you make, before you know it, you’ll have achieved something big.

3. Keep a journal for your achievements

Every time someone gives you a praise, note it down! It’ll help for those doubtful times as you can read through kind words, know you’re on the right path, and make a positive difference.

4. Feed your brain plenty of inspirational material

Feast on other peoples’ success stories. Surround yourself with success will make you feel successful in a, ‘if they can do it, so can I’ way. Other peoples’ stories are amazingly powerful and if reading isn’t your thing, listen to audio books, go to seminars, or listen to free webinars/YouTube.

5. Share your goals with others

Having an idea can sometimes be the hardest part of the process. Accountability is key to actioning the idea if you’re held accountable by someone else, you’ll become more passionate and more likely to achieve! This is why having a coach is powerful; they’re more likely to remind you of your goals and do everything they can to help!

Charlotte is the founder and editor-in-chief at Your Coffee Break magazine. She studied English Literature at Fairfield University in Connecticut whilst taking evening classes in journalism at MediaBistro in NYC. She then pursued a BA degree in Public Relations at Bournemouth University in the UK. With a background working in the PR industry in Los Angeles, Barcelona and London, Charlotte then moved on to launching Your Coffee Break from the YCB HQ in London’s Covent Garden and has been running the online magazine for the past 10 years. She is a mother, an avid reader, runner and puts a bit too much effort into perfecting her morning brew.