The art of formless form
He who has no form has all forms

It is self-motivation which transforms "impossible" dreams into realities. Likewise it is self-motivation which empowers us to act while others hesitate, flounder and fail. Regardless of one's background, education and training, when a person is self-motivated obstacles are overcome, challenges are creatively faced and discouragement is derailed.

Seven secrets self motivation tools to succeed!

1.Begin with this belief: every obstacle contains an opportunity. Live by the philosophy there is good in everything. When you face an obstacle, train your eye to see the opportunity which that obstacle contains. Doing so will empower you to solve the problem and, solving problems further motivates and strengthens your belief in yourself.

2.Be your own best friend. That advice comes from author and motivational speaker Zig Ziglar who says: "You must be in your own corner!" Ziglar suggests taking a 3[inches]x5[inches] card and writing such positive affirmations as. "I am an honest, intelligent, responsible, organized, goal-setting, committed individual whose priorities are firmly in place." "I am a focused, disciplined, enthusiastic, positive-thinking, decisive extra-miler who is a competent, energized, self-starting team player determined to develop and use all of these leadership qualities in my personal, family and business life. These are the qualities of the winner I was born to be." Then, Ziglar recommends reading these positive affirmations to yourself several times a day.

3. Follow your dreams. Like Fedor, whose dream was to become the best MMA fighter in the world, all of us have dreams, hopes, aspirations and desires. Follow your dreams. Give them time to become realities. Many people reduce their drive and erode self-motivation because they give up and quit prematurely. Self-motivation is heightened greatly when we are engaged in tasks that truly energize, captivate and are leading us toward fulfillment of our dreams

4. Live your life by the three "P's:" persistence, patience, perseverance. Those three form a sacred trinity which ultimately lead to achievement and accomplishment. "There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting," wrote J. G. Holland, a nineteenth century American writer.

5. Visualize yourself as successful. "Those who can see the invisible can do the impossible." That ten word statement appears on the back of Carl Mays' business cards. Mays, who is president of Creative Living, a motivational consulting firm in Gatlinburg, Tennessee advises people to visualize their success. Visualizing is simply a way of creating mental pictures of what you wish to accomplish. Creating such an image for yourself heightens self-motivation and delivers the power necessary to attain the goal. "Visualizing is seeing things happen before they actually happen," Mays says. "When you visualize, you form vivid pictures in your conscious mind. Those pictures of your goals or objectives are kept alive until they sink into your subconscious mind. When they reach the subconscious mind, untapped energies are released to help visualized pictures become reality."

6. Be like President Lincoln: when you slip, get back up. The journey of life is filled with unexpected pitfalls, disappointments and setbacks. The key for continuing to build self-motivation is to get back up when you slip and fall. One of the greatest examples of one who slipped but continued rising is Abraham Lincoln. Born into poverty, Lincoln faced defeat throughout most of his life. He twice failed in business, lost eight elections and suffered a nervous breakdown. He could have stayed down at any point but chose to get up and move forward. As a result, he became one of the greatest of American presidents. After losing Senate races in 1854 and 1858 he wrote: "The path was worn and slippery. My foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself, "It's a slip and not a fall."

7. Forgive yourself. Scolding, blaming, berating yourself for errors, mistakes and failures causes a negative energy to grow in your soul which will suffocate creativity and the motivation to move on. Pardon and forgive yourself frequently, generously, lavishly when you fall short of your own expectations. Here is wisdom from D. Patrick Miller, author of A Little Book of Forgiveness: "Never forget that to forgive yourself is to release trapped energy that could be doing good work in the world. Thus, to judge and condemn yourself is a form of selfishness. Self-prosecution is never noble; it does no one a service."

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