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How to get your motivation on at work
Recharging your drive is not easy, especially when so many factors steal it.
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When you feel stuck, follow these tips to recover your motivation and energy.
Stop being so busy
Lots of people fall into the trap of doing lots of tiny tasks at the beginning of the day, only to feel tired and uninspired when the bigger, more important tasks arise.
Try flipping that formula. Tackle the big, daunting stuff at the beginning of the day when you are fresh and energised.
Accomplishing something significant adds energy to the rest of your day because you no longer have it hanging over your head.
Move
Sluggishness and drowsiness cut into our daily motivation at work.
When you consider the health detriments of remaining sedentary for eight or more hours a day, it is not hard to see why you are not feeling your best.
When you find your eyelids drooping or your mind wandering in front of your computer, stand up and get moving.
Take a walk around the office, climb a few flights of stairs, or take a short stroll outside.
Lower your expectations
Many people are emotionally exhausted, and your life outside of work can contribute to that.
When you get home, do you relax and enjoy time with your family, or is your home life as busy as your work life?
Rebalancing your personal life is difficult, and if you want to make changes, they won't happen overnight. Start by focusing on doing one thing for yourself each week.
Take a walk, book a massage or have lunch with a friend. You need time to recharge your emotions, just like you need time to recharge your brain.
Connect with co-workers
When you are not friendly with your co-workers, going to work every day becomes an unpleasant chore. Even if you have a rich personal life and do not need any additional friends outside of work, you may still need friends at work.
Distancing yourself from the rest of the office makes work harder for you because you spend so much time there without connecting with other humans.
Inspiration
Think about the people you admire. Have any of them written books or given talks you can look to for inspiration? If they are close, like family members, think about why you admire them and then draw on those traits as a source of inspiration at your job.
If you do not know them well, do some additional research and discover what makes them tick. Often, you will find that they also worked hard and struggled with motivation from time to time.
Your new inspiration can be as simple as a few quotations you keep on a bulletin board.