Bullet Points | The secrets to getting motivated
The Emma Guns Show
Emma Gunavardhana
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I answer a question I’ve been receiving a lot over the last few weeks and that’s how to tap in your motivation. How to get ‘in the zone’ when it comes to reaching goals.
This question is mostly about fitness, and usually in response to my morning IG stories where I chat to you pre- and post-workout, so that’s what I focus on in this episode but the tips for setting goals, aims and objectives and not losing momentum are, I think, universal.
At this time of year we are bombarded with messages about ‘new year, new you’ and, as I explain in the episode, I loathe that messaging. It’s lazy and unhelpful and this idea that you need to get ‘back on track’ or atone for your festive excesses with a new fitness regime or diet is shaming.
I don’t intend to contribute to that narrative with this episode, but as so many people have asked the same question I did want to answer in a way that, I hope, is responsible and helpful.
In the episode, I share the five strategies that work for me:
- Take a step back from your goal and look at all the things that may influence the success of your efforts.
- Surrounding yourself with the right kind of inspiration, even if it’s just virtually.
- Avoid the ‘all the gear, no idea’ approach to achieving your goal.
- Set yourself up for success by plotting a path to your goal with achievable ‘wins’ along the way.
- Stick with it: it may sound boring but consistency is arguably the most important component when trying to achieve any goal.
As ever, I’d love to know what you think whether that’s in the comments below, on DM or via email. I make this podcast for YOU and if there’s anything you’d like to hear on this subject, or any other, please feel free to let me know.
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| 1:47.0 | Hello, hi and welcome to another episode of the Emma Gunn show and a Bullet Points |
| 1:58.8 | mini show. In this episode I wanted to talk about something I've been asked about a lot in my |
| 2:04.4 | DMs on social media and it's a question I can completely understand why people are asking and why they are |
| 2:11.3 | asking now, why you, my most excellent listeners are asking now. |
| 2:15.0 | And it's all about motivation and more specifically how to get motivated. |
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