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How I Stay Motivated pt 1/3

 Why Long Term Motivation Matters

Motivation is doing things when you're feeling good. Long term motivation is doing things regardless of how you feel.

Jan Frodeno applied a specific motivation method during his preparation for his first Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing, where he won the gold medal in the olympic triathlon. Eventually he went on and won the Ironman World Championship in 2015, 2016 and 2019 in Hawaii applying the very same method to stay highly energized and motivated over a long period of time - over more than a decade to say the least. Here you will find the method he used analyzed. I will show you how I use it and how you can also apply it for your own purposes.

Since I am always susceptible to advice on motivation and I have been interested in the topic of self improvement, inspiration and motivation for quite a while. The other day I stumbled upon this interesting method, how to get and stay motivated and instantly felt energized. So I decided to share this piece of advice, because I sometimes catch myself falling back into a rut when things don’t go as planned. Also: Thanks for sharing, Jan! Anything that prevents you from getting trapped in a lack of motivation or anything that can help you get into a more energized state of mind, is worth remembering, thus worth sharing. If this should not do the trick for you, please don’t throw any tomatoes at me.

The phrase was originally coined by Muhammad Ali, a legend of boxing. The mantra of the hack is this:

Conceive, Believe, Achieve

To me part of the beauty lies already in its simplicity. Basically the method goes like this: Whatever you can wrap your head around and plan for, that is whatever you are able to ‘conceive’ and at the same time you can convince yourself is worthwhile to strive for, i.e. you ‘believe’ in, you can and will achieve eventually. 

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