How to Define Motivation and Get 'It" Plus More - The Five Keys

Here I'll define motivation. Plus you'll get free resources for five areas that will help you get and keep your motivation and inspiration.

Here's how to define motivation:

To motivate: To provide with an incentive; to move to action; impel.

"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it." Dwight D. Eisenhower

If you want to gain more power and influence with others, begin with increasing your own motivation and inspiration. Use this this free Wake Up Eager quiz to define and improve daily motivation. If you haven't taken it yet click here to measure yourself.

Click here to get free resources for each Wake Up Eager quiz item. To get the free development worksheets, download here: Wake Up Eager Quiz Worksheet (PDF document, opens a new window)

Click on this article for more specific details on how to define motivation and inspiraton.

Define Motivation and Inspiration Tools and Resources

Defining motivation: It begins with an inspired you. It is my hope that these resources add value and joy to your life as much as they have added to my own life.

1. Managing My Mind
2. Managing My Body
3. Managing My Spirit
4. Managing My Career
5. Managing My Team

Click on the area that most interests you or on the area that you've determined, from your free Wake Up Eager quiz results will be your focus area for development.

Lao Tzu defines motivation as,"Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power."

Managing My Mind

A focus on your internal drive to excel and ability to focus. This is also a measure of the strength and clarity you currently have about your future. Creating a picture of a positive future is crucial to create and define motivation for yourself and others.

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look and see their beauty, believe in them and try to follow them."---Louisa May Alcott

Helping you define motivation with a focus on the perspective, thought-process and beliefs that are crucial to a Wake Up Eager Mindset.

"Accept well-being as a given. How would you ever pay for sunshine?" ---Abraham-Hicks

Managing My Body

A focus on your level of physical well-being and confidence. This includes a focus on eating well, being fit, getting enough sleep and feeling confident and comfortable in your body.

"The perfect man of old looked after himself before looking after others."---Chuang Tzu

Managing My Spirit

A focus on your spirit by building life balance and by creating a network of people who believe in you and care about you, both personally and professionally.

"Invent your world. Surround yourself with people, color, sounds and work that nourish you" ---SARK

Managing My Career

A focus on how well you know, understand and put-to-use your strengths and communication skills in your career. This area includes your ability to address and positively manage specific areas of development and how to build a career you love.

"Hide not your talents, they for were made. What's a sundial in the shade?" ---Ben Franklin

Managing My Team

A key part of defining motivation for yourself and others is feeling confident in your skill sets. This is a focus on the time and energy you're currently putting into building your ability to effectively lead and the development of your expertise.

"A winner is someone who recognizes God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals." ---Larry Bird

Get additional tools, actions, and processes you can use to lead your team.

"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." ---Henry Ford

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