3004: How to Get Motivated by Chalene Johnson on Goal Setting

[00:00:00] This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 3004 How to Get Motivated by Chalene Johnson of chalenejohnson.com Anime narrator Justin Malik reading you blogs every single day of the year including holidays and I think this episode marks the eight-year anniversary of this show

[00:00:17] So thank you for being here for it and an extra thanks if you've been listening from the beginning I couldn't have done this without you But with that let's get right to it as we optimize your life How to get motivated by Chalene Johnson of chalenejohnson.com

[00:00:37] Today I want to talk about how to get motivated when you're just not feeling it Whatever it is, I'm gonna give you my best tips I promise this is going to be the kick butt you need to get yourself back on track How to get motivated

[00:00:51] So how do you get motivated when you're really just not feeling it and do super high energy? Incredibly motivated and very driven people ever have bad days? The answer is yes. I know you're already a really motivated and driven person Sometimes we don't give ourselves enough credit

[00:01:09] But what I want to give you today are some tips to get your butt in gear on those days when you're just not feeling it But you need to get things done

[00:01:18] These tips help with weight loss building your business repairing a marriage taking care of teenagers and raising teenagers Set it up The first thing you have to understand is that in order to be successful You've got to set yourself up for success

[00:01:33] Don't make it impossible on yourself to succeed and I know that sounds obvious But there are so many people who set themselves up for failure because they don't believe that it's even possible They put these demands on themselves that are insurmountable

[00:01:47] Brett and I have had the opportunity to coach entrepreneurs One thing we find really common is that a lot of them put incredible deadlines and expectations on themselves where it's almost Impossible to succeed there are not enough hours in the day Even if you were to forego sleep

[00:02:03] Relationships and everything else so you have to look at first how you're gonna set yourself up for success regardless of your objective structure One of the most important things you can do is make sure that you're set up for success in terms of how you structure

[00:02:18] Your day and organize your time if this is important to you You need to clear something off your schedule that is less important to you Even if it means from time to time letting somebody down now, let's talk about accountability Accountability works

[00:02:34] Accountability is that thing that gets teenagers to show up to a big brick building and study each night and take a test Because they're held accountable If we can get teenagers accountable

[00:02:44] Then we can certainly become accountable as adults by setting up those same layers. How do we do that? First and foremost get yourself an accountability partner

[00:02:54] There's no excuse while you don't have somebody rooting for you and not letting you off the hook on the days when you just don't feel like it You must find an accountability partner who's in the exact same boat as you

[00:03:05] Whether we're talking about getting your toddler potty trained or reaching your fitness goals Or maybe even just starting a new business There's nothing better for you than have somebody in the same boat as you who can encourage you and push you on the days that you're not

[00:03:19] Feeling it because on the days when you're really motivated and you're just driving forward That's when they're going to need your help Give people that you trust that you love that you support Permission to keep you accountable Just look a little ahead

[00:03:35] You're me say that I am a runner I consider myself a runner because I like to run actually love to run as long as I'm not running fast

[00:03:42] So this next tip that I have for you comes from my cross-country coach my freshman year of high school. I played every sport Well, I did everything for like five minutes including cross-country. I had this coach at the beginning of practice

[00:03:56] He would tell us how far the run was going to be that day and we started training in the middle of the summer This coach would say to us

[00:04:02] Okay, today is going to be the long run. We're gonna run 12 miles today. I'm like what isn't this just like a three mile thing Why are we running 12 miles?

[00:04:12] And I was dropping to the back of the pack and running really slow because I was thinking I'm never going to make 12 miles I'm never gonna make 12 miles My coach told me don't think about finishing the next mile

[00:04:23] Just keep looking a little further ahead of you and focus on that and I think that's some great advice the next five Whether you're trying to lose weight start a business repair a marriage save money get through college

[00:04:38] Don't think about how big and arduous the goal is rather Think about the next five Whether that's the next five pounds You have to lose on the next five miles or the next five days or the next five clients

[00:04:49] Think in terms of fives just to make it that much more doable And then you don't weigh yourself down with how huge and amazingly overwhelming sometimes our goals can be

[00:04:58] If I set a goal for myself to build multi-million dollar companies and do some of the things I've done I would have quit but I always remembered that great advice to focus just a little further out in front of you and Just keep going

[00:05:12] Which leads me into my next tip Baby steps the people who lose motivation pretty quickly are people who sprint because when you sprint you run out of energy When you run out of energy you run out of motivation

[00:05:24] Then you start to beat yourself up and say I'm tired. I can't do it. I can't keep pace. I can't keep up I'm gonna quit Mindset get motivated. I say the best for last and it's mindset is

[00:05:39] Unbelievable how much power you have over your life your attitude the outcome of things just by changing your mindset By really concentrating on whatever it is you want to happen Brian Tracy says quote the law of concentration states that whatever you dwell upon

[00:05:54] Grows the more you think about something the more it becomes part of your reality and quote If you decide that you're in a terrible marriage guess what happens to your marriage if you wake up and you decide you're low on energy You will feel tired

[00:06:09] Whatever you believe to be true becomes your reality You've already made progress if you look back and notice how far you've come and you focus on that Rather than how much further you have to go that changes your reality

[00:06:22] You can do anything you set your mind to that is the truth. I believe you can and I know you believe it too You just listen to the post titled how to get motivated by Shalene Johnson of Shalene Johnson.com

[00:06:41] Thank You to Shalene an accountability partner is a big one I know it's not always easy to find one But if there's anyone you can think of who can help on that side of things You're gonna be much more likely to succeed in whatever goals you have

[00:06:55] I still know that I wouldn't be where I am with this podcast or all of our podcasts If I didn't have a business partner to check in with once a week or so It really makes a difference

[00:07:05] So if it's exercise and you don't have anyone but you can afford a personal trainer then that can be your accountability partner Or if it's working on a relationship or yourself and have access to therapy

[00:07:18] That's also something you can use or of course a friend who's passionate about it can work too And that structure is a big part of that as well within accountability partner You can set up a schedule time to keep things structured or just pencil it into your calendar

[00:07:34] It might sound ridiculous to put time for self-care into your calendar But it really can make a difference by first reminding you and second keeping that time available So there are no other commitments to distract you

[00:07:48] So something to try hopefully one of these tips from Shalene works for you. And with that have a great rest of your day Thank you for being here especially for the eight year mark of this show and I'll see you tomorrow where your optimal life awaits