I have wondered what most people would like to have motivation or standards? Most people will wait for motivation to “kick in” before they do something. That is kinda like saying I will go to the gym when I have 6-pack abs. That does not work.
Why do people believe that motivation is key to doing something? This comes from the idea that something has to be for me or my cup of tea. So if you are motivated to do something you must be doing the correct thing. However, if you are not motivated to do it then you should do something else.
Standards are completely different in the fact that it is something you are going to do if you feel like it or not. This is what moves people ahead. This is going to the gym to get the abs when nothing is showing and you want to eat pizza.
Motivation Or Standards Or After Standards?
An example of a simple standard that I have would be this post every week. I will do one post a week. I have picked Friday to do that and even if I feel like not writing it I will. There can be a lot of things that get in the way of writing it. But because it is a standard I am going to do it.
Here is the secret… motivation comes after we complete the standard. So movement within your standard is going to create motivation. Such as with this posting I do not want to break the 50-plus weeks I have been doing this and why would I? This will make the 60th post and why would I stop now? Here is an article by Tony Robbins about setting standards to upgrade your life: Click Here.
I would love to hear what you are going to set as a standard over motivation. Drop a comment below or head over to the Contact Us page.
Your friend,
Wesley