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May 31, 2019

SAS 023 – Motivation

41 minutes

Today’s episode is all about getting motivated. If you feel like your stuck spinning your wheels in your IT career this episode will help you get moving!

We are motivated for many different reasons

Basic needs

Food

Water

Shelter

Peer pressure

They want

Guilt/Fear/Obligation

I should

Reward

I can

Internal desire – the most rare

I want

Why does motivation matter?

You will be most satisfied with a career founded on an internal desire

Recognition, guild and money will only bring you so much satisfaction

You will likely spend 30-40 years working, so you might as well enjoy it

You will earn more if you enjoy do

How to get motivated

Motivation follows action

Try something, even if you don’t want to

Think about what you have liked in the past

Make a plan

Take steps toward your goal, anything to get you closer to it

Focus on one primary goal for a specific period of time

Create affirmation statements

I am valuable

Identify and remove self limiting beliefs

I don’t deserve to make over X

Work shouldn’t be fun

Final Thoughts

Feeling that your work matters and that you are making a difference is considered the number one reason for job satisfaction

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By Dustin Reybrouck: IT System Administrator

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