For the last few weeks I have been very unmotivated in my business. I have had no desire to go forward or do anything related to making money online.
* I didn’t want to check my email
* I didn’t want to write promotional emails or articles
* I didn’t want to do the work I knew needed to be done
I was also…
* Sleeping in
* Wasn’t exercising
* Eating junk food
Basically I have been drifting along with no new direction and to tell you the truth I didn’t want to either… But last night I decided to change that because I had one thing that most people don’t have.
Somebody was relying on me.
If you are suffering from massive unmotivation then you need to get this one thing as soon as possible, because for me it works like magic.
You need an accountability partner or somebody who you are responsible to or who is relying on you. When I was first starting in my business it was my family, they needed the income from my business. Money is not a motivator for me at the present time but specifically for me at the moment my accountability partner is Amir Darwish, one of my original mentoring students. Together we are creating a course that I have been wanting to create for over 5 years but it has always been too big for me (I just wasn’t motivated enough). But now with his help we have created a plan, we have set deadlines and he is relying on me to hold up my end of the deal.
Here are a few essentials for an AP (accountability partner).
1. Related - It helps if the person knows about what you are trying to achieve (in the same industry) so they know about what you are trying to do and what needs to get done.
2. Respect Both Ways - There needs to be respect both ways, you need to value your AP and they need to value you. Because if you don’t care then you won’t be responsible.
3. Encouraging - They need to be encouraging not critical.
4. Firm But Fair - They need to keep the deadline that you have set together.
5. Available - You don’t want to talk to your AP once every month you need to talk to them regularly and not avoid them.
Finding one can be relatively easy, I recommend a close friend in your related business or somebody you know from a related forum. I don’t recommend your spouse as an AP.
To conclude this article I just want to share with you 3 things I did to get me back on track.
1. I Made A Decision - Everything always starts with a decision, and if you want to get back on track then you need to make a strong resolution for change. You need to decide to change starting from today.
2. Set Your Goals - You need direction and you need to know where you are going so you must set daily goals. After I made my decision to change, I set 3 goals of what I was going to do straight away.
3. Wake Up Early - I don’t know what it is but I find sleeping in very demotivating. For me it is essential to wake up early to be in the right state of mind.
4. Disconnect The Internet - The only reason I am writing this article is because it is 4:30am and I have the internet disconnected so I have 0 distractions.
If you are tired of drifting along, I highly recommend you seriously try the above suggestions.
All the best to your online success.
Sincerely,
Paul Kleinmeulman
Australia
P.S. If you are thinking, "Paul, why didn’t you just use one of your super motivation audios?" Good question and the answer is I didn’t want to be motivated, so I especially didn’t listen to them. But when I made the decision, one of the first things that I did was put on the Maximum Motivation audio from http://www.MyMindShift.com and let me tell you they still work. I was able to get everything done in half the time.