24種激勵你自己的方法 (24 WAYS TO MOTIVATE YOURSELF)

• Put your plans on paper. Spell out your goals and ways to reach them.
  把你的計劃寫在紙上。說明你的目標和途徑，以達成他們。
•  Be specific. The advice you give yourself must be such that you can put it into practice.
  加以具體化。你給你自己的建議必須是如此以至你能實現它。
• Break the task down into small pieces so that you can handle them easily.
  將任務拆分成小塊，使你可以很容易處理它們。
• Establish checkpoints on your progress as well as rewards.
  對你的進度設立檢查點，以作為獎勵。
• Remind yourself of the benefits you expect from your tasks completion.
  提醒自己的好處，你期望從你的任務完成。
• Avoid temptations and circumstances that might sidetrack you.
  避免可以使你轉移目標的誘惑和情況。
• Recognize your limitations. Don't set unrealistic goals.
  認清你的局限性。不定下不切實際的目標。
• Take advantage of your own energy peaks!
  利用自己的能量高峰！
• Use negative motivation. Remind yourself of the consequences of inaction.
  利用反向的動力。提醒自己不採取行動的後果。
• Keep a time-control budget. Don't let one task take control over others.
  保持時間控制預算。不要讓一個任務的控制超過它項的控制。
• Set deadlines and hold yourself to them.
  設定截止日期，並約束自己已完成它們。
• Make an honest distinction between "I can't" and "I don't want to".
  個誠實的區別： "我不能" 以及 "我不想" 。
• Get started now. Don't stall.
  現在開始，不要停止轉動。
• Improve your self-persuasion ability. Learn the difference between reasoning and rationalizing.
  改善你的自我說服的能力，學習在推理和合理化之間的差別。
• Be optimistic. Your chances for success will increase.
  要樂觀，你成功的機會將會增加。
• Decide how you want to start, what needs to be done first.
  決定你怎樣想要開始，什麼需要優先做。
• Read, especially literature related to your situation.
  閱讀，尤其是與你情況相關的文學。
• Use self-signaling devices – notes, signs, cues, reminders.
  利用自我提示手段，如：筆記、記號、提示等物做提醒。
• Promise yourself rewards.
  承諾給自己獎勵。
• Use the stimulation provided by good news to do extra work.
  利用好消息的提供激勵，去做額外的工作。
• Recognize conflicts and make a choice.
  認清衝突和作出選擇。
• Give yourself the right to make mistakes. No one is perfect.
  給自己有出錯的權利，沒有人是十全十美的。
• Exercise your sense of humor. Laughter indicates a realistic point of view.
  運用你的幽默感，笑聲可以表明一個實際的觀點。