DISCOVERING SELF MOTIVATION

Self MotivationSUCCESSFUL STUDENTS STRUGGLING STUDENTS

Discover their dreams providing them with a passionately felt life purpose and consistent motivation.

Have little sense of purpose, passion, or drive in their lives

Self MotivationSUCCESSFUL STUDENTS

STRUGGLING STUDENTS

Commit to their dreams, visualizing the successful creation of their ideal future

Wander aimlessly from one activity to another.

Self MotivationSUCCESSFUL STUDENTS

STRUGGLING STUDENTS

Design a compelling life plan, complete with purposeful long- and short-term goals

Tend to invent their lives as they live them

Discover Your Dreams 1. What roles have you chosen

for your life?

2. What dreams do you have for each role?

Creating Inner Motivation

What is YOUR life all about? What will catapult you out of bed each

morning and keep your energy surging throughout the day?

What will give you peaceful, contented sleep at night?

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING THIS LIFE !

What do you want to have, do, and be???

Committing to your Dreams

1. Commit YOURSELF to your dream. When you commit to your dreams, you program your brain to look for solutions to your own problems and you stay committed to your dream even when times are rough.

2. Visualize Your Dream a. Relax b. Use present tense – Imagine yourself

experiencing success NOW. c. Use all five senses. d. Feel the feelings of YOUR success.

Design a Compelling Life Plan

Goals help make dreams become realities

They provide a game plan by which your life can be scripted.

Goal Setting: DAPPS Effective goals display five characteristics: Dated – Specific deadlines for

achievement Achievable – Goals must be realistic. Personal – Goals must be what YOU

want for yourself- not what someone else wants for you.

Positive – Goals must focus on what you want rather than what you don’t want.

Specific – Goals must be stated in specific, measurable terms.

Your Life Plan SUCCESS YOUR LIFE ROLES YOUR DREAMS IN EACH LIFE

ROLE YOUR LONG-TERM GOALS FOR EACH

DREAMYOUR SHORT-TERM GOALS FOR EACH LONG-

TERM GOAL

Believing in Yourself A Personal AffirmationWhat characteristics will you need to

display in order reach your goals?

Claim these characteristics by stating each of themfor yourself in the affirmative.

Live your Affirmation

Living Your Affirmation

Live your affirmation by:1. Realize that you already possess

the qualities you desire.2. Give power to your affirmation

by repeating it over and over until it becomes as familiar to you as your name.

3. Say your affirmation while looking at yourself in the mirror

4. Be vigilant about other words you use to describe yourself.

5. Use your affirmation when life tests you.

6. Record your affirmation on a loop tape.

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