Change Your Life: 14 Tips to Motivation

Motivation is a great thing! But how do we become motivated to do the things we want to do for so long?
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“There is no elevator to success, you gotta take the stairs - Zig Ziglar”. If you find meaning in quotes like this, put them right up where you will see them every day. Here are another 13 tips to get started.
Ask Why! If we don't know why we are doing it, then we don't see a point. Whether we want to make a career, change the world, or prove some idiots wrong, these are all great reasons to get going. Simon Sinek spoke of the Golden Circle. First ask why then how and what. If you don't have a purpose right now, pick up a skill that helps you once you do. Like reading fast, learning how to learn or public speaking.
Know about The Dunning Kruger Effect. The theory describes that many of us are too confident when we learn something new. Once we actually start learning, we realize how difficult it is and how incompetent we are. As a result, our motivation drops and many of us quit. The trick to success is to keep going anyways. Once we master an area, our confidence returns.
Look For Feedback! Marathon runners know that encouraging spectators can make a massive difference in the last meters. Feedback is a strong force so deliberately seek it. One way, just ask for advice. Most people love giving it, it makes them feel smart. Entrepreneurs who look for investors say “Ask for money, you'll get advice. Ask for advice, you'll get money.” Whatever they get, it's valuable feedback.
Articulate Your Values! In one experiment, at the beginning of the new school year, 7th graders had to pick a personal value, such as being good at school, making friends or music. Then they spent 15 minutes writing down why this mattered to them. To remind them, the process was repeated every 2-4 months. Within two years, most weak students saw a 10% increase in all grades. A year later, the experiment was repeated. This time, the value of “being good at school” was not even available. The surprising truth. Again, all grades got better. Remind yourself what you really care about.
Get A Mentor! Look for charismatic people you can look up to. By following a mentor, we can find inspiration, get new ideas, maybe even find purpose. You might be able to find them around the block. For a list of our favorite mentors, check our website, playlists or the descriptions below.
Don’t make excuses! To see if you do, Bernard Roth from the Stanford's d-school teaches to reframe problems by asking yourself this particular question: “What would it do for me if I had already solved the problem?" For example, if you think you're fat, then ask yourself “What would it do for me if I would lose weight?” If the answer is that you would ask that cute girl out on a date, then forget about losing weight and ask her out on a date! Your belly has nothing to do with it. Don’t make excuses.
Prime Yourself! Canadian researchers observed that salesmen in call centers can be 50% more successful when they see pictures that represent success while making their calls. The effect is called priming. Most of us become smarter in a library because we tend to be more thoughtful. And many feel more successful when we dress well, stand up straight with our arms out and our heads held high.
Make Bets. Make your life a game and take bets. Groups of pretty people do that all over the world to lose weight. The one who can’t lose 2 kilos in 6 weeks has to buy cupcakes for everyone. But it also works for reading books or challenging yourself to asking a girl out for dinner.
Track Your Record! Records show us where we were coming from. They indicate progress. Good music teachers record the student's first lesson. One year later they show their students what they recorded. Most are amazed by how much they progressed. As Nelson Mandela said, “it always seems impossible until it’s done”.
Start Small! When we put effort into something and we succeed, we are motivated to continue. It's a self-reinforcing circle. If we aim too high right at the beginning, it’s likely that we will fail. This can lead to frustration and we might stop before we even get started. Want to learn how to sing? Start with 5 minutes every morning.
Surround Yourself with Positive People! Author Jim Rohn wrote that we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with. To get motivated spend time with positive people that have a growth mindset. Negative people often have a problem for every solution.
Sources:
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[@orenaiketosin3716]

The 14 Motivational Tips in Summary 1. Ask Why… (why, How and what?) 2. Know the Dunning-Kruger Effect…(Keep going anyways) 3. Look For Feedbacks 4. Articulate your Values… (Repeat them in 2-4 month) 5. Get a Mentor… 6. Don’t Make Excuses…(ask yourself what will it do for me?) 7. Prime Yourself…Find Success objects 8. Make Bets 9. Track Your Records 10. Start Small 11. Surround yourself with Positive people 12. Get Context… (The need to study math and Passion for Sport equal 2:1) 13. Help Others…(Future, Engage, Deliver) 14. Establish Discipline…(Set a Fixed Time). Thanks for this, it was and will be helpful....

[@sprouts]

Superb! Thanks =)

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The last sentence made me stop my three hour youtube campaign.. Thanks

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[@aservant1284]

Lol

[@vergilmontiero2558]

I'm guessing it helped you find your "why" lol

[@Niko-ro5wz]

@@vergilmontiero2558 that was 3 years ago, now I'm on my 4th hour of procrastination

[@tawneegunderson6482]

"It always seems impossible until it's done..."

[@sprouts]

right :)

[@oh7859]

Actually what motivates me and makes me to want to practice and be better is looking at how other people are better than me.It does frustate me a lot and later I would feel jealous and depressed,but it also helps me to sit down and try new things,practice more and sometimes makes me have more confidence and feel proud about myself.

[@allansan2]

The 14 Motivational Tips (where in the video) 1. Ask Why (0:16) 2. Know the Dunning-Kruger Effect (0:47) 3. Look For Feedbacks (1:12) 4. Articulate Your Values (1:39) 5. Get a Mentor (2:21) 6. Don’t Make Excuses (2:41) 7. Prime Yourself (3:12) 8. Make Bets (3:39) 9. Track Your Records (3:58) 10. Start Small (4:21) 11. Surround Yourself with Positive People (4:45) 12. Get Context (5:02) 13. Help Others (5:24) 14. Establish Discipline (5:53)

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“If you want to learn to song...” You hit the nail, now I am going to start singing 🎤

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Coming back home after giving the first paper of the finals, watching this made my day. Still 7 more papers to go but I'm pumped up! thankyou for this and as usual great work. keep it up :)

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[@klutz3955]

the problem with these videos is that they throw so much info and good advice that your brain can't process in these simple seconds between the tips in ways to implement it etc. after the person is done with the video they probably won't recall much of the tips and need to take the video slower which would eliminate alot of potential people as they are too used to the habit of info going from one ear and leaving from the other (*cough* school *cough*)

[@sprouts]

very true. unless we take them, do them, fail with them, try them again and then succeed, we are doomed to forget. I can just hope that some actually try them out, or be reminded to try them when time comes.

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Sprouts I do implement them in my life

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[@jaytamayo4694]

the dunning kruger effect is VERY true. I experience it. There's more to learn.

[@binibiningcarlota3645]

Useful and simplified videos for education students and to other programs related to psychology. Thanks @Sprouts

[@mujahidmml]

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[@lionzion619]

1:31 I should ask for advices more often

[@alexzandonella5987]

Really cool video! Gonna try some things out, I really need some motivation right now. Thanks Sprouts for making it!

[@albumin1643]

Thanks for helping other... WE need more of it.. God bless!

[@sprouts]

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[@SevenDeMagnus]

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[@sprouts]

thank you bhuvanesh! we try :)

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Wise advice. I really appreciate them

[@ManpreetKaur-bj7ei]

Thanks for taking so much effort and making these videos. They are awesome. I liked the advice which said to do a task daily at a fixed time, and it will eventually turn into a habit. I used to wake up at 8 some time ago but I changed my alarm time to 6:40. Honestly, at first it felt like there are more than 24 hours in a day. :) Thanks for these awesome tips!

[@sprouts]

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[@sprouts]

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keep up the GREAT work! some of these corkers are going straight on my wall in the form of large handwritten notes. gotta let the positive juices flow

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[@sprouts]

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[@sprouts]

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[@A_real_tiger]

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İ had watched 3 times and taked note every single detail.Best helpful motivation video ever thanks a lot

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[@sprouts]

+Karan Dedhia THANKS! Comments like yours keep us going!

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I intend to watch this video several times over the days, until I remember every single detail of it

[@sprouts]

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[@sprouts]

thanks for the feedback Shrutika!

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thanks Jhin! glad you like our work. comments like your make us go the extra mile.

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R

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Great video man

[@sprouts]

thanks

[@MegJ326]

I need to fully realize how I exhibit the Dunning-Kruger Effect. I also like the making bets tip. I think that will be more useful to me than I have realized.

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[@p.ucpham9756]

1.Ask why. 2.The Dunning Kruger Effect. 3.Look For Feedback. 4.Articulate Your Values. 5.Get A Mentor. 6.Don't Make Excuses. 7.Prime Yourself. 8.Make Bets. 9.Track Your Record. 10.Start Small. 11.Get Context. 12.Help Others. 13.Establish Discipline.

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life saving video.. 👍

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keep going. very GOOD!

[@sprouts]

thanks

[@bhuvaneshthirunavukkarasu1571]

very clear & helpful points to motivate................... thanks to the creators

[@Sasa12127]

Sir I'm from India..your channel is very informative..pls do video about priming effect and how to use that..

[@shailendragupta7570]

me - get motivated, now I try my best to be successful Procasination - not early mate, we are bff

[@giannadix9205]

I keep trying to fast for 3 days, and I thought it would get easier after the first day, but it didn’t, now every time I try, I fail on the first day and end up gorging myself! How am I supposed to stay motivated? I really don’t want to be overweight.

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Same

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[@deveshyadav6283]

0:53 every work of my life is stucked like that downfall of graph and became parallel with learning..

[@asggueye]

j'aime votre video! That help me both improve my english speaking and still me motivated.

[@sprouts]

merci bien alioune ! keep going and you'll get great ;)

[@asggueye]

Sprouts, thx for your encouragement, I now really need a support to achieve my goals .

[@ananyayadav2664]

What to do when your own family background is not healthy and you have to go through the same shit again and again

[@sprouts]

Sometimes you can't control the environment but you can control if you want to be affected by it and to what extent. Right? Do you!

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I have chemistry exam tomorrow and this helpful video is making it easier for me to study.

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how?

[@kaushalshrestha2119]

5:20 Subscribed right away!

[@sprouts]

glad you liked that one.

[@kaushalshrestha2119]

Wll I liked the whole video, but being a football fan who studies Physics, that one touched the heart. :) :D

[@Tea12456]

He mention in step one "if you don't know why you are doing it. Then you won't see point " and then he mention the golden circle it is about "ask why and then how and what " then he say "if you don't have a purpose right now, pick up a skill that helps you once you do." I don't understand . If don't have a purpose why should learn a skill. Is it to get closer to the goal? So we keep going? I don't understand...

[@genvalencia1740]

Lol that was a great way to end the video

[@nandkumarmelegaonkar1202]

You are my mentor. 😍😍😘🤩🤩

[@sprouts]

Hi Nandkumar Melegaonkar, thank you for the comment! We are so happy to know you are finding our videos helpful :) If you’d like to support us in making more videos like this, hit the subscribe button or consider becoming our Patron at www.patreon.com/sprouts. Cheers!

[@nellie20ann]

Amazing video 🔝👍👏

[@sprouts]

thank you nellie

[@michaelismissing]

Thank you so much for these fantastic videos! In my view, they would be even better with quick recaps in the end or in the description.

[@sprouts]

Hi Михаил Шуганов! Great idea, thanks for the feedback :) If you enjoy our videos and want to support us in making more (and making them better!) please subscribe to us or consider becoming our Patron. :)

[@vanhanho6719]

The Dunning Kruger effect seems to have effect on me so much

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I found wally at 4:53 😀 ....I can only remember the "small steps" part of the whole video

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very good videos as always i hope you can make some videos about learning a new language soon

[@sprouts]

did you see what we did?