双语：成功动力，自我激励的6种技巧

1. have a cause

i can’t think of a more powerful source of motivation than a cause you care about. such cause can inspire you to give your best even in the face of difficulties. it can make you do the seemingly impossible things.

while other causes could inspire you temporarily, a cause that matters to you can inspire you indefinitely. it’s a spring of motivation that will never dry. whenever you think that you run out of motivation,  you can always come to your cause to get a fresh dose of motivation.

1.找到一个理由

“在激励里，没什么比理由更有力了。这些理由能在困难当前时把你激发起来。它能让你去做一些看起来不可能的事。”

尽管也有其他一些动机理由能临时刺激你，与你休戚相关的那些目标能无限期地激发你。这是一口永不干涸的激励泉水。什么时候你觉得没动力了，就去找找自己的目标以获得动力的泉水。

2. have a dream. a big dream.

only as high as i reach can i grow, only as far as i seek can i go, only as deep as i look can i see, only as much as i dream can i be.
karen ravn

your cause is a powerful source of motivation but it’s still abstract in nature. you need to make it concrete in the form of a dream. imagine how the world will be in the future. imagine how people will live and work.
having a dream is important because it’s difficult to be motivated if you don’t have anything to shoot for. just think about people who play basketball. will they be motivated to play if there is no basket to aim at? i don’t think so. they need a goal. you need a goal. that’s what your dream is for.
but just having a dream is insufficient. your dream must be big enough to inspire you. it must be realistic but challenging. it must stretch your ability beyond your comfort zone.

2.要有一个梦想。还要够大。

“能摸多高我就长多高，能探多远我就走多远，能看多深我就看多深，能做多少梦我就做多少梦。”

你的目标动力对于激励来说是个挺有力的来源，但还是太抽象。你得把它具体化成一个梦想。想象一下未来的世界会怎样。想象一下人们怎么生活工作。如果你无的放矢，根本没法激励自己，所以做做白日梦还是挺重要的。想想打篮球的人。如果根本没有篮筐去投，谁还有动力啊？我看就没有了。他们需要目标。你也是。不然你白日梦拿来干嘛。
但光有白日梦还不够。这个梦得足够高远，那才能激励你。它得既现实主义又不是可以一蹴而就的。它还得能迫使你离开安逸的环境去大展身手。

3. be hungry

wanting something is not enough. you must hunger for it. your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.
les brown

to be truly motivated, you need to have hunger and not just desire. having mere desire won’t take you through difficult times since you don’t want things badly enough. in many cases, hunger makes the difference between the best performers and the mediocre ones.
how can you have hunger? your cause and your dream play a big role here. if you have a cause you care about and a big dream related to it, you should have the hunger inside of you. if you think that you are losing hunger, all you need to do is to connect again to your cause and dream. let them inspire you and bring the hunger back.

3.要有饥渴感

“‘想要’什么那还不够。你一定要对它充满渴望。你的动力一定要足够霸道，那才能跨过总是出现在路上的那些障碍。”

要想真正得到激励，你得不仅仅是“想要”，还要是“渴望要”。仅仅是普通欲望没法帮你渡过困难，因为你又不是非要不可。很多时候，有没有饥渴感就是将军和士兵的差别。
怎样才能有饥渴感？这里就得看你的动机目标和梦想了。如果你又有关心的目标又有和之相关的白日梦，你就该有一种饥渴感才对。如果你认为自己正在丧失这种饥渴感，你所要做的就是再一次连结起目标和梦想。让它们继续激发你并给你带来饥渴。