Follow these tips to improve your determination skills!
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Specify your goal. Be clear with yourself what you want to achieve, and what your motivation behind this achievement is. From there you set up a plan on how and when you will work towards this achievement, and fill them into your actual schedule, in order to make it more likely that you will work on them
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Don’t postpone the work for this goal, but work regurarly on it, every day if possible. Accept that changes require hard work, and above all time, to take place. Small steps each day is therefore the key to a good progress latter
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Prepare some good arguments and pros of achieving this goal, which you can turn to in periods where the motivation isn’t present. Write them down in your notebook or on a poster, and re-read it when you feel the need for inspiration. Reading these arguments regularly will continuoisly remind you why you started to work on this achievement in the first place
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Remember to take things day by day. Some days the motivation and concentration is not really on your best side, and at these times it’s up to you to decide wether or not it will break you down. Don’t stress yourself up about a bad day, but be optimistic about doing an extra effort the next days instead
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Avoid distractions the best you can. Rewarding yourself after working intensively is important, but make sure this isn’t too frequently. For instance, if your intuition tells you to prioritate writing your thesis in order to be able to deliver it before the deadline, you shouldn’t go out with your friends every night
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Don’t be afraid of celebrating the highlights of your process, and view them as a motivation for the further work towards your goal. These peeks are also inspiring to look back to when you’re having a bad day or are going through a setback during the working process
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Setting new goals when you’ve reached your previous ones is essential for further development. Make sure to keep these realistic too, in order to stay motivated