Habits are behaviors that we’ve learned and that occur almost automatically. Some of our habits are good, and some we want to change. For example, you may have the wish to make exercise a habit. Changing habits can be easier than one thinks, important is the will or wish to do it. For most people, […]
Motivation
The Inner Game of Motivation
Sometimes, getting to a place in your life where you feel successful can feel like going through a maze. Just when you think that you have the right course figured out, you feel like you have reached a dead end, and after several dead ends you might even think that there is no real way […]
How Positive Thinking can help us with success
How thinking affects our mental well being The problems in life belong to the cycle of life. None of us, irrespective of our social status, wealth, personality, powers can be free of problems in life. Occasional problems are a natural must for each one of us. Negative thoughts in encountering a problem bring mental unhappiness, […]
How To Get Out Of Our Comfort Zone And Change Habits
As a teacher and mentor at one of India’s leading b-schools, I have frequently come across students who find it difficult to get out of their comfort zone and change the habits they had picked up in their earlier years and know would be detrimental for their future career. Soon after joining the MBA program we […]
Effective Motivation: How to Achieve Your Goals Without an External Reward
If you’re like most Americans, your motivation at work (or in other areas of your life) is likely tied to rewards that aren’t completely related to your actions. You work forty hours a week for that Friday afternoon paycheck, instead of for a job well done. You promise yourself a new wardrobe as a reward […]
What Drives You? The Secrets To Motivating Yourself
“Your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.” – Abraham Lincoln Bianca rose to the sound of pigeons cooing and traffic grumbling on the street below. As she yawned and stretched, she thought about what was waiting for her that day. She felt her motivation slowly drain away with each […]