7 MONDAY MOTIVATORS

How to Create a Great Start to Your Week

Monday morning blues? Finding it hard to get motivated at the beginning of a week? Believe it or not it is all down to the way we think, what we believe and how we perceive our world.

Motivation comes from within. Other people cannot motivate you, only inspire. Why? Because motivation comes from creating positive action to move yourself forward. Inaction keeps us stuck and demotivated.

The action I am talking about can be both physically doing ‘stuff’ and taking charge of what you think or believe. If you believe Mondays are always going to be awful because you hate them, dread them and are negative about them then you will always start your week off badly. So it is down to you to make the most of Monday’s and set yourself on a path to create a great week.

Here are my 7 Monday Motivator Tips…..

1.      Spend a few minutes counting your blessings. List in your
         mind, or even better write in a journal all the positive things about
         your life and your work.
         Do this the moment you wake up and get your mental attitude off
         to a positive start.

2.      Think about the excitement and passion your work brings
         you.
         If your work has lost its ‘sparkle’ this is a great way of starting to
         get it back.

3.      Get up early enough to have time to prepare for the day and
         the week.
         Plan to tackle a few things first that you have been putting off  
         doing and that are beginning to raise your stress levels.

4.      Create a plan that includes inspiring and motivating work.
         A day filled with work that does not in some way inspire and
         motivate, is a day wasted. We are only here in this life once and
         most of it is spent working – think about it!

5.      Include in your plan how you are going to inspire others.
         A ‘can do’ positive attitude rubs off on those around you and lifts
        your own motivation as well as others.

6.      Put the plan into action and DO NOT put off the jobs you
         have been avoiding.
         Plan a personal reward scheme for when you have completed the
         task you are avoiding. Follow completion of this work with work that
         you love.

7.      Allow yourself time several times during the day to reflect
         on all the positive things that are happening.
         Keep focused on the positives and see the problems as
         opportunities to learn from and overcome.

But what do you do if there really is no work that feeds your passion, nothing that motivates you about what you do? What if ever day has a Monday morning dread to it?

I had a friend whose job got dramatically changed in an organisational ‘reshuffle’. Originally she was working to her passion; she loved her work and what she could achieve through it for others. The balance of her work was in the majority motivational. After the change she was left with all the work she hated and eventually she left (but not until after much stress and sickness).

The moral of this story is - have the courage to move on and find work that motivates you, if like my friend you find yourself in a job where none of the 7 Monday Motivators work for you.

Motivation spreads like a wave throughout the workplace so be the motivation inspiration in your office today!