YoungEntrepreneur: The results are in from our latest YoungEntrepreneur.com poll! This time we asked you “How Do You Stay Motivated?” and you responded with some great answers.
The top seven results are:
#1) Read Inspirational Material
“Read blogs like TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Mashable, ReadWriteWeb and get myself excited over others success. I would tell myself “I can be like that person too and I want to be like him/her” Read books like “The Art of the Start” by Guy Kawasaki, “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne.”
#2) Passion / Strength From Within
“I think what keeps me motivated is the strength from within, knowing you are doing what you really are passionate about. I do connect with other blogs but in the end I just write what I feel is very inspirational to me without worrying what others think.”
#3) Picture The Future
“Picture my future if I continue to work for someone for the next 10~20 years. I will NOT have the freedom to decide when I wake up, when I go to lunch, when I get off work, when I get a vacation, how much money I make, where I live. Most importantly, I do NOT get to decide how big my computer monitor is. ook at my current financial situation and tell myself “this is not the way I want to live my life for the next 10~20 years””
#4) Review Your Vision / Goals
“I stay motivated in a couple of ways. Reviewing my vision, revising my business plan and setting new goals always gives me the push that I need to continue on my journey as an entrepreneur.”
#5) Listen to Inspirational Material
“Listen to podcasts about starting a startup. I’m a loyal listener to Andrew Warner’s Mixergy interviews. He does great interview with people who have already been through the trenches. Andrew does a good job at controlling the pace of the interview and tries to get as much information as possible for the listeners. Check it out at blog.mixergy.com”
#6) Surround Yourself With Positive / Accomplished People
“Surrounding myself with positive people or consulting my fiancee also helps a lot when I doubt myself.”
#7) Look For Small Measures Of Success
“When in the early stages of starting a business, I keep myself motivated by looking for other measures of success other than profits (ie: hits on a website, learning something new, etc…).”
“Like some of the other guys mentioned, I use small incremental targets.. and I take care to give myself a mental pat on the back.”
How Do You Stay Motivated? – Entrepreneur Poll Results
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Good ideas for staying motivated, Steven. I’ve found for me that when I get stuck or unfocused, reviewing the 10 year plan I wrote helps me get back on track and see the big picture again.
I can’t emphasize enough the power of writing down a vision of your future life. It is an amazingly powerful way of bringing you back to your big priorities when you get lost in the day-to-day of life.