Kinonez

War Room Enthusiast

What keeps you going?

What motivates you to keep pushing forward? After a rough day, week, month, what makes you strive to continue being the best? I divide my day into small portions, each with x amount of tasks, and take small breaks after every portion. I walk around the garden, pet the dogs and take 5 minutes to myself, where I don't think about work. This gives me enough energy for my next portion of the day, before I know it, I'm done.

However, this doesn’t exactly motivate me, it just distracts me from my everyday tasks for a brief period of time.

Any of you have a method to remotivate yourself? Would love to hear it!

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AlphaCharlie

Arsonist

Account executive

For me, it's my kids, their future depends on me, and that makes me want to give it my all. Before being a mom? Perhaps the fancy jewelry I used to get myself every now and then, made me feel pretty.

Kinonez

Celebrated Contributor

War Room Enthusiast

Aww, I'm still kidless though, glad they keep you going!

funcoupons

WR Officer

👑

Financial freedom, baybee. Can't wait until I can wake up and have nothing on my schedule that I didn't willingly put there myself.

Kinonez

Celebrated Contributor

War Room Enthusiast

The future we all want for ourselves!

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

Hide all of your work paraphernalia Friday when you are finished. Laptop, notebooks, pens, mouse, whatever you use. Put it all in a drawer and don't open it until Monday morning.

Out of sight out of mind mentality works. That's why we have the weekend. To reset.

Kinonez

Celebrated Contributor

War Room Enthusiast

I do this as well!! great advice for sure!!

CCP

Opinionated

VP, Business Development

Love this. I do something similar but its more of a segregated part of the house and I just close the door and walk upstairs when I'm done. I mean... I on occasion need to walk back downstairs to deal with something urgent but its the exception, not the rule.

paddy

WR Officer

Director of Business Development

For me, it's my heartbeat. I don't really have a choice in the matter until it physically stops one day.

BmajoR

Arsonist

Account Executive

I have something that can accelerate that for you.

paddy

WR Officer

Director of Business Development

My company just signed up for Chorus, nice try.

BmajoR

Arsonist

Account Executive

Touché. I was going to mail you an 8ball but more for me.

paddy

WR Officer

Director of Business Development

Wait hold on in that case...

BmajoR

Arsonist

Account Executive

Too late it already fell into my nose. We use our own version of Sendoso, because we know what people REALLY want to find in their mailbox.

funcoupons

WR Officer

👑

Speaking of things that make paddy's heart race, hi. It's me.

Kinonez

Celebrated Contributor

War Room Enthusiast

Hope that heart keeps pumping!!!

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

☕️

Glad that what @CuriousFox and I have suggested to folks is working for you, too! Anything to make the day more manageable.

Motivation: If I keep up the pace and earnings for 5 more years I will have paid off the majority of my debts and I can settle down and invest my time and money into my coffee shop.

Kinonez

Celebrated Contributor

War Room Enthusiast

I'd like to read more, where did you guys suggested this?

Keep it up, maybe we can send each other a bag of coffee and judge our farming skills!

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

☕️

I'm not a farmer, but I'll make you a kickass cortado with your beans!

Kinonez

Celebrated Contributor

War Room Enthusiast

It's a date!

someoneinsales

Tycoon

Director of Sales

Money Money Money

To say yes to anything I want to get. To make sure my kids dont have college debt, to make sure my family and I can wake up every day and eat whatever we want.

Motivation for me is being able to over support my family and myself.

UrAssIsSaaS

Arsonist

SaaS Eater

There are plenty of smaller motivators along the way but for me, I want to retire by 45 or so and spend the rest of my life traveling and investing, creating a lifestyle where I am able to do whatever I want, whenever I want, however I want.

Kinonez

Celebrated Contributor

War Room Enthusiast

Hope you get it done by 45!! keep the fire burning!

Lenca

Politicker

BDR

For me, it's all about the money! Without it I can't pay the bills am I right?

Kinonez

Celebrated Contributor

War Room Enthusiast

Oh for sure! what if you take moeny off the table when then?

SaaSam

Politicker

Account Executive

I think for most people this can change depending on the day. I have a family and for the most part that is what motivates me. I want to provide the best life possible.

But some days a prospect might piss me off so, knowing we really do provide an advantage to the clients that use us over their competition, I'll specifically search out a competing company to that prospect and focus on closing them as a "fuck you" to the guy that pissed me off.

Sometimes my manager will say something to me that makes me proud of myself and that positive energy will push me to be even better.

Sometimes I might feel like my ass is on the line, that'll motivate me to do everything I can to over perform and avoid the hot seat.

When I did MMA my biggest motivation wasn't a desire to win so much as the fact that I despised losing.

Kinonez

Celebrated Contributor

War Room Enthusiast

Glad your family has your back! That's one of the things I like most from WFH! I know prospects can be a pain, we just gotta keep pushing forward though!

DungeonsNDemos

Big Shot

Rolling 20's all day

Great question! Something I've been wrestling with a bit lately. Not in a bad way, but something I want to stay aware of.
I think it stems from your life outlook and what you want to do with it. Make loads of cash, retire, travel, family, social experiences, accomplishing something new, finding your peak limits of what you're capable of and pushing them.
There's a lot of combination of them, but we only go around once and it won't be perfect by any means so you might as well keep trying new things and give yourself forgiveness when you can for the things that don't go how you want.

I think I'm still deciding on the main thing I am focusing on to motivate myself, but definitely a strong mix that amalgamates to making the most out of life and enjoying what I can.

mitts2

Politicker

Account Executive

I want to get to the point where my money is working for me, not the other way around

Kinonez

Celebrated Contributor

War Room Enthusiast

Don't we all? hope we get there soon!

Mr.Pickles

Arsonist

Sr. Customer Success Manager

My team; enable their process and seing everyone grows. If a team doesn't grow together, it grows apart.

Kinonez

Celebrated Contributor

War Room Enthusiast

Having a great team can make a difference for sure!

Mr.Pickles

Arsonist

Sr. Customer Success Manager

the team is a reflection of your process - good leadership equals great team

Kinonez

Celebrated Contributor

War Room Enthusiast

I couldn't agree more!

CCP

Opinionated

VP, Business Development

My mortgages. Leveraging property to build long-term wealth to be able to retire living on a sailboat without a care in the world.

Kinonez

Celebrated Contributor

War Room Enthusiast

Hope we all get to sail into the sunset without a worry in our system!

sugardaddy

Politicker

🍬

If you work in sales, there's only one thing that motivates you and thats money, money, money. I'm aiming for Financial freedom as many others in here. Just wanna give my girlfriend and kid a good time and a blast :-)

Chief

Arsonist

Account Executive

Following your own personal legend

The trick is knowing what that is for yourself

Kinonez

Celebrated Contributor

War Room Enthusiast

Agree! keep yourself moving forward!

artofsales

Good Citizen

Sr. Director of Enterprise Sales

Month ends are always motivating. Quarter ends are much more! But on the intrinsic side...It's my love to solve problems and earn in the process of doing it :)

cw95

Politicker

Sales Development Lead

Not having to say ‘sorry lads, might have to skip the pub this weekend, skint n all’

MaximumRaizer

Politicker

Sales Manager

For me, it's my heartbeat. I don't really have a choice in the matter until it physically stops one day.

Blackwargreymon

Politicker

MDR

Hide all of your work paraphernalia Friday when you are finished. Laptop, notebooks, pens, mouse, whatever you use. Put it all in a drawer and don't open it until Monday morning.

Clashingsoulsspell

Politicker

ISR

Hide all of your work paraphernalia Friday when you are finished. Laptop, notebooks, pens, mouse, whatever you use. Put it all in a drawer and don't open it until Monday morning.

Incognito

WR Officer

Master of Disaster

I love when people obviously cheat

Flippinghubs

Opinionated

Account Executive

for my family

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