 Goals that are worthwhile to achieve in your business and in your life are typically quite challenging If it wasn't challenging it would have been done already or if it was so easy It would feel less worthwhile But typically if you want to accomplish something important it is it will come with many challenges and you will have to manage your Emotions and manage your mind in order to accomplish this project Let me share with you eight methods that people use you successfully to get themselves Motivated to do that important and worthwhile project to overcome procrastination and fear and confusion lack of clarity etc as I share with you these eight methods I invite you to score them for yourself Because not not its chances are it's not that all eight are going to work with work for you Perfectly, but that there are going to be some or one of these that's going to work with you Amazingly work for you amazingly well, and there are others that will not work for you But will work for other people so score each of these eight as I go along you could score from zero to ten zero being It wouldn't work for you at all ten being that's amazing. It definitely will work for you So I and I'd love to actually know as you watch this video as you score You might just comment below the video. It'll help me to know what seems to be most effective for for most of you Okay So method number one is connecting to the big picture and this tends to work Well for people who love to dream about what's possible So here's how you would use this take a moment Okay, and so let's say you've got an item on your to-do list that you that that is challenging for you Or a project that you're working on that's that's difficult take a moment before you jump into the project if you want to get more motivated take a moment, okay and Think about a couple things and if for those of you who are good at visualization Like seeing things in your mind in your mind's eye You can do the visualization, but for those of you who aren't you can write it down Or for those of you who are more verbal you might actually record your answers to this You know an audio private audio recording you can always listen back this later to motivate yourself. So number one how does this action or project matter to the overall Arc or overall plan or vision for your business or your life whatever kind of project you're working on Okay, that's number one number two Who is going to be impacted? Imagine the ripple effects of you completing this thing Okay, it for example making this video will serve my audience and I can even see specific people Who will be served by this or maybe it's a project that will serve my customers my clients well Or maybe you're working on something that that that's important for your for your kids That if they see you accomplish this that they will be so proud etc. So who is going to be impacted? That's number two number three is see yourself doing this task that you are You have it on your plate right now. See yourself doing it with joy or ease or grace Or whatever spirit or attitude that you want to do things with Okay, so those are the three things And that's that's the method of connecting to the big picture. All right The second method is having an accountability partner This could be a daily accountability partner or weekly weekly is usually a bit easier for people to to agree to and so This works really well for a lot of people So I really encourage you to try it out consider it and accountability partner could be a friend Could be a colleague. It could be even someone you meet in this community You can even comment below this video and say that you're looking for an accountability partner And so what do you do with an accountability partner? So the idea is that you meet with that person over Skype over phone video chat once a week and it could just be a 15-minute call, you know five to seven minutes per person Okay, or if you if you're more chatty can go up to half an hour or some people even do one hour But start with 15 minutes and see how that goes and in that call I invite you to share three things Okay, number one What progress would you like to celebrate? What did you get done since the last time you talk now? Not don't list off a whole list of to-do to-do items. That's not useful but talk about the two to three or one to three most significant Things you got done that moved your business forward Since the last time you and your partner talked since really in the past week Okay, secondly Did you accomplish what you said you would accomplish in the last call? Okay, so at the end of each call, you know, I really invite you to to Share what your commit your action commitments are For this coming week, right? So so really the second thing is what did you accomplish it? If you did not accomplish what you said you would Does that task still apply is it still important and how will you do things differently this week in order to actually accomplish it? Is there something you can do differently chunking it down or Modifying the task or going through a different environment in order to do it. Okay If you did accomplish it, then then the question is Wonderful, what will you accomplish then this coming week? What will you like to accomplish and celebrate the next time you talk and the third thing to just talk about is how will You approach your work? What is the spirit from ritual approach work? What's the attitude? That you're going to embody as you do your work this coming week Okay, and if you want to do multiple check-ins with You know if you once a week isn't enough for you you can ask your partner They'd be willing to do three times a week and and if they're not think about finding multiple accountability partners Maybe you have three different accountability partners when you check in with once a week If you want to do more often now really important final step actually after the call You must send your action commitments to your accountability partner and you expect them and ask them to do the same Research has shown that people who do this who send their action commitments to their accountability partner Accomplish on average 77% more Than people who did not write down their goals. Okay, so very important Now if for some reason Scheduling a call doesn't work out you could still send reports to each other over email All right, the third motivational method is co-working Co-working is when you get together with a group of people it can be as small as two or three others or one or two others and or it could be a larger group and you Shut off you make an agreement that you're going to spend an hour or or even half an hour or it could be long Or maybe it's two or three hours Working in a focused way on a project. That's important to you So each person as you can see each person is working on a project or a task or our goal That's important to them. Okay, so it's not you're not chatting among each other You're working in a focused way, but you're doing it in the camaraderie You're doing it with you might see the energetic support the moral support of others who are also working on their important project I've been facilitating Virtual co-working sessions for almost six actually for six months now and it's been amazing We've gotten so much done people who've come to the session So I invite you to come to my virtual co-working sessions if you'd like you know go to georgecow.com slash co-working COWRKNG and You can sign up for it there One thing I find really helpful with co-working is to set a timer So we do 25-minute segments 25 minutes at a time and so when we set a timer everyone can see the timer It gives a sense of focus And it works really well Okay, so the next motivational method is to create a public event Promising a deliverable what I mean is for example, if you want to get an important project done Okay, you can announce it on Facebook Okay to your friends and your network saying okay, I've got I have this important thing I want to get done and it's important enough for me to To create a an event a webinar a Google Hangout It could be you could use zoom dot US or Google Hangout to do this or a blab blab Dot I am but you use You you you set a date and a time when you when you invite your friends and your colleagues to Attend even if it's for 15 minutes. Okay, just to just to celebrate that you did that thing Does that make sense? So you set a date and the time and invite people it could be again It could be a virtual meeting Where you promise that you will have done this thing this big thing that that's important to you now Here's the important thing is don't make it such a stretch such a Difficult thing to do by that date that you will get all stressed out That's not the point the point is to choose a goal that is important to you But that is not something you would just do without any motivation, but that it does take motivation It does take focus and and diligent work It's a bit of a stretch for you But you believe you can do it with the public accountability of your friends and colleagues that makes sense I have done this throughout the years. It's one of my favorite motivational methods One thing I do use is this public motivational thing a public meeting public event to deliver some content that I Promise people I'm going to put together Teaching something that I know okay, so that's the how I use it All right, the next motivational method is to keep chunking it down keep chunking it down What I mean is and I use this a lot as well in my day-to-day work when I find myself procrastinating I Write down two things Okay, I'm I have this project that I'm supposed to be working on and I'm procrastinating I do to I write down two things number one is what is the and I write down in one or two lines What is the end vision after completing this? Okay, I would like to complete creating four videos today and you I even because it will serve my audience and Truly benefit their business. Okay, for example And then the second thing I write down is each of the small baby steps the doable actions That make it less intimidating for me. So creating four videos sounds daunting, but if I say Step one open a document step two write down The three things that I must say in the first video step three write down the three things I must say in the second video, etc So I kind of write down as in a granular way as possible What are the small steps that will allow me to then accomplish that bigger vision that I wrote down first So chunk it down. I use this all the time. I encourage you to try it as well The next motivational method is setting a small deadline Now actually you could say due date deadline one of my clients really likes to say Lifeline instead of a deadline. Okay, it's a lifeline to pull you forward and to accomplish something Setting a small due date for a very doable action. So for example Back to the idea of recording videos. I could say I will brainstorm three things that I must say in my next video By Friday Okay, so it's very doable and I have a specific date when it's due So some people find that really helpful if you have several actions that you want to do and they're all doable actions You can lump them together So I will do these three actions by Friday or we can try setting different deadlines for each action Okay, the next Motivational methods is to calendar calendar in a time when you will be working on the project. I use this All the time. So this is one of my favorite motivational methods Basically, I'll get again. I'll use the example of recording these videos that I do right if I just say I'm going to record videos I'm going to have them done by such as such time It typically becomes really stressful for me like because I didn't I didn't put I didn't look at my calendar and see when I can Actually do it. I have appointments with clients. I have appointments with other people I have other things I need to do when am I actually going to make the video So it's very helpful for me and motivational for me to put a specific Two-hour slot on a Wednesday afternoon when I will be making my four videos And that helps me out a lot I call this the art of setting appointments with yourself And my encouragement here for you is you are your most important client So learn how to set appointments with yourself and to keep it Okay, so let's go to the next motivational method the final one I want to share in this video which is to plan a project retreat plan a project retreat Now this is useful for those of you who find yourselves Distracted from your every in your everyday environment in terms of not being able to get things done So it could be that you have family members who are continually Asking you making requests of you It could be that you live with you know a roommate that is Distracting it could just be that at home or in your office You just have so many things calling out for your attention so many things tempting you that you find it hard to To do your deep work if the work that will really move your career forward Okay to move your business forward It could be writing a book. It could be drafting your website. It could be writing a talk It could be completing a Particular product or something like that. So Planning a project retreat can be really helpful simple steps I have for you is go to air bnb.com a i r bnb.com Okay, and okay. This is for those of you who live in a major metropolitan area I'll for those of you who don't live in a major metro area You you would probably need to ask ask a friend. Okay, ask a friend to see hey Can I can I borrow a room in your home For for one afternoon Next week or set a date, you know or or if you have a have a restaurant or cafe nearby that helps you to work That gives you focus then put a time in yours set an appointment in your calendar for for a whole afternoon To go to that that's a project retreat or if you use air bnb like like I'm lucky to have in the bay area You know I sixty dollars. I can get a nice room locally, okay, and you know Overnight stay and plus a couple hours the next day Where I can focus without distractions and complete whatever important project that I've been procrastinating on So the reason why this works is because when you go into a different environment You don't have the same temptations. You don't have the same visual cues and Audio cues that distract you in a different environment. You kind of have a fresh template to Do your deep work? So you may want to try this out. This is transformational for for some people So I hope I hope one of these eight has resonated with you I actually look forward to seeing what your scores are for these eight. What do you think will work for you? What don't you think will work for you? Let me know underneath this video and I also invite you to take the next step and say, okay, given that this particular method is going to work for me I commit to using this method by you know Use the you know setting a deadline helps or not Let me know what method you're going to try and use and then report back also in the comments If you have used something and the last thing I'll say is if there is another Motivational method that works for you that I didn't mention Please comment because that may help others who are watching this as well Take care