12 Tips to Motivate Your Brain to Succeed

1. Make a list of all your passions, desires, and wishes.

2. Identify your core inner values.

3. Identify the 3 most important passions that are aligned with your values.

4. Ask yourself: do you have the skills needed to engage your passion and achieve specific goals? If not, do you have enough passion to learn those skills?

5. Map out a specific goal-oriented strategy built around your passion and values.

6. Identify your sabotage behaviors and thoughts.

7. Come up with specific counter-strategies for each sabotage behavior.

8. Find an accountability partner who will reward you each time you achieve a specific goal in a
specific period of time.

9. Give yourself "pleasure" incentives every step along the way.

10. Replace every negative thought or feeling with 5-7 positive ones…write them down!

11. At day’s end, write down 3 things you did well and 3 things you feel grateful for.

12. Don’t ever give up!