Back to work blues to Maximum Motivation

Well it’s back to work for some of us, after a great and well deserved long weekend, how do you feel? Are you excited about getting back or are you wishing you were still lying in and eating Easter eggs?

A lot of my clients tell me that getting back into the swing of work after a holiday or long weekend is really hard. Finding your focus and motivation (and sometimes brain) after a few days off can seem so foreign.

How can you get yourself motivated to get back to work? Follow these 3 simple steps to get you on your way....

1. Know where you are heading - set an intention

When you analyse some of the key success strategies of leaders and influential people, more times than not you will find that they know exactly where they are headed and why.

Do you know what you are going to achieve today? Or are you returning to work, hoping that checking your emails and talking to colleagues and clients will give you some direction? Define what you are going to achieve at the beginning of the day to give you direction. Combine this with a short daily intention and you will find that your focus is significantly increased.

Intentions are 1-6 words that will quickly remind you of what you are to achieve today. Write it somewhere you will see it all day or share it with a friend, boss or colleague to increase accountability. I have an intention daily and it really helps, today my intention is to 'Be Creative.'

2.Success breeds success

Once you have defined what you are going to achieve today, think about what steps you need to take to get you there? What is the one thing that will make you the most profit? Get you closer to your goal? or save time? Do this one thing first and gain momentum as you tick off the most relevant tasks first. You will quickly see that success does actually breed success.

3. Reward yourself

It is hard to get back on track, so be sure to reward your successes. At the beginning of the day set milestone rewards for completing tasks (e.g. going out to get a coffee, or meeting a friend for lunch). Ensure that the rewards are something that you actually want to ensure that you are motivated to get them.

N.B. Spending hours organising your day and setting goals and intentions as this will totally defeat the object. Invest 10-15 minutes at the beginning of the day whilst having your coffee or breakfast.