The entrepreneurship world is not an easy world where you can just go in and achieve success overnight. No, before you can win in a big way, you must surely face the grudges. No successful entrepreneur can tell you that he or she didn’t face any grudges before achieving success in life.
I’m not trying to scare you but it’s the fact. Like they say “Nothing Good Comes Easy” Yeah, that’s the truth. Before you can achieve any good thing in this life you must be ready to pay for it, and the price is by facing the grudges.
Many entrepreneurs can’t withstand the storm, when they see that the storm is too much for them to bear they will feel like giving up which most entrepreneurs end up doing. I’m sure you will be wondering why they gave up? One of the major reasons why they gave up was because they are not self motivated.
In this life, you must be self motivated if you really want to break new ground. You and I can’t do without the spirit of self motivation. We must always embrace the spirit of self motivation in our life’s so that we can keep going and be able to tackle any thing that is trying to pull us back.
In this post I will be talking about the cool ways you can stay motivated and they are highlighted below:
Listen To Inspirational Audios:
One of the best ways to stay motivated is by listening to inspirational audio clips. Audio clips by people who their main aim is to help you stay motivated, people who want you to break new ground in life.
Try to get these audio clips on your iPod or your laptop. So that whenever you are not feeling good you can go to a silent place where nobody will disturb you so that you can pay attention to what you are listening to. I love staying in a silent environment where nobody would be able to talk to me; it will be me and my spirit that would be contemplating on how I can break new grounds.
It’s a good thing to do, am sure you would love it when you give it a try. Always try to have inspirational audio clips on your phone, iPod or laptop. Incase you don’t know where to get them; you can surf the web or try to ask anyone who can help you get it.
Chat with People You Know They Can Help:
Yeah, you should try to chat with people who can help you, I mean self-development people. I’m sure you get what am trying to say?
It’s advisable to hang out with people you know they can advise you, people whom you know that when you share your feelings with them they will surely help you out by giving you tips on how you can stay motivated in other to continue the journey. It’s good to hang out with people who don’t want to see you get hurt.
If you are able to hang out with this kind of people you will be successful. Try to stay away from people who are not ready to help you, people who talk about useless things a lot and they don’t care if you are down or sick. It won’t help if you should stay with this kind of people. Because they will want to bring you down to their level. Why? They already know that you are two steps ahead of them so they would want to make sure they use their madness to hurt you the more.
I do encourage people to have friends that are ready to help them, friends who can add value to their life. The kind of friends you follow will determine your future if you will succeed or not. They are one of the main key behind your future. So choose your friends carefully. Stay away from chicken friends and hang out with friends who can add value to your life.
Read Successful People’s Stories:
Yeah, reading stories of people who had being there always keep someone stay motivated. When you read successful people stories, you will get to know that their success was not overnight success. And if at all you want to call it an overnight success, it took years before they could get to where they are.
“Rome was not Built in a Day” so they didn’t become successful the day they embark on the entrepreneurship journey. I love reading stories of entrepreneurs who face the entrepreneurship grudges before they could become successful. It does boost up my spirit whenever I read their stories. I’m sure by the time you read it, it will help you stay motivated and get you back on track.
If you haven’t given it a try before I urge you to do so, and feel free to share the results you get after reading it.
Read Self Development Books and Blogs:
Reading self-development books and blogs is one of the best ways to stay motivated. It will help relax your spirit when you are feeling bad.
The self-development blogs I can recommend for you guys are Celestine Chua’s Blog and Brenda Freeman’s Blog. These blogs are the real blogs when it comes to self-development. I do read them and those are the blogs I can vouch for. If you know about any self-development blogs feel free to list them on the comment section so that others can view them.
I do read books too but the ones I do most is reading blogs, but I’m sure by the time you give them a try you will be glad you did.
Speak Your Mind!
What other ways do you think an entrepreneur can stay motivated? Feel free to share your opinion by using the comment section. Thanks a lot.
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Hey Sam great post!
I couldn’t agree with you more on listening to motivational audio CD’s or MP3′s. In fact, believe it or not. I don’t even listen to music. I have nothing but motivational and personal development talks and training from some of the best entrepreneurial minds; guys like Jim Rohn, Ron White, Jefferey Combs, Chris Widener and others.
I think listen to personal development/motivational and training audios couple with actually going out there and talking with successful entrepreneurs is one of the best recipes for personal motivation. I believe that by doing so you naturally start attracting the results you want and that’s when things start getting really exciting in business.. after that , the motivation to keep moving forward should be self-evident!
Hi Hector,
You are right bro. Keep rocking with those inspirational clips. Thanks a lot for the awesome comment. Have fun.
Hi Samuel,
This is a great post. Chatting is the method I like the most because often, it gives rise to lot of new ideas. Reading self development blogs and books also helps a lot.
Chatting with people with the inspirational mindset is a good way to stay motivated. Thanks a lot for the comment. Have fun
Hey Sam,
Thanks for the wonderful post!
Motivation is a big factor for many new and seasoned entrepreneurs. I face grudges with motivation everyday when things don’t go exactly as I wish they would. I would have to say one of the first steps in becoming a successful entrepreneur would be conquering those motivation attacks you will face along the journey. It seems like whenever you get passed one another comes right along after it. Like Hector said, you have to be determined to face any challenge that stand in your way no matter how big or small it may be. When you start beating challenges it will further boost your motivation.
The four ways you mentioned to help you stay motivated are awesome! I never really tried listening to audio podcast, but I do listen to a lot of motivational music. Infact in listening to some now! ( ; I pretty much listen to music whenever I do anything for it helps clear my mind and put me in a focused zone.
I would have to tottally agree with you that the people you hang with will have a huge impact on your success. Hence the famous quote “Assoication breads assimilation”. I had to learn this early on as I got my self in many situations I could of easily avoided if I had of choose better friends. When your going up you want to be a part of the “cool” crowd, and 99% of the gimp that is not the crown you want to belong to. They don’t care about you they only care about themselves. Everyone must really choose there friends closely. I have very few friends today that I actually trust will lead me in the right direction if by any chance I get off track. All my old so called friends still hit me up on a regular basis, but I had to decide to let them go and focus on my future & success. Anybody else in the same situation must do the same.
Thanks again! Time to retweet ( :
God bless,
William Veasley
Hi William,
Awesome comment bro. It’s always good for someone to choose his or her friends carefully because they have a role to play in one’s life. Thanks a lot for the awesome comment bro. Have fun.
Yeah, you’re on point as per listening to motivational audios. I had 32GB of motivational content and then my ipod got spoilt. I was abnormal for a while event hough i had backed up 98% of the content. The remain ones that got lost still make me mad.
Hi Olusegun,
Keep up the good work. Have fun.
That’s cool bro. 32GB of motivational content is a huge one
Hey Sam,
I think all those are good ways to help you stay motivated. I read quite a few books on successful entrepreneurs and motivational books too to keep myself going. I like learning what the successful guys have done to reach where they are now. I think of all these 4 the second one, getting people to help you out is a way that can actually help you improve.
Hi Bryan,
That’s another way for an entrepreneur to stay motivated. Thanks so much for your support bro. Have fun.
I just had a great night networking. I find that talking to people and telling them about your idea (vision) is great in making yourself feel uplifted. Not everyone I talked to tonight cared about teen or youth entrepreneurship. Out of 10, I found 2 that were extremely interested. One was a parent who had a son who had a business mindset but didn’t know where to go.
All that came out AFTER I told her about what I did. I almost wrote her off because I didn’t think we had anything to talk about. After mentioning my site, she said she’ll go home to tell her son. Have to thank her later for helping me market.
Hi Jack,
Yeah, you are right bro. Thanks a lot for the comment. Have fun
Hi Samuel,
Listening to inspirtational audio for sure helps us stay motivated. It also helps to calm our minds and think positive. Thanks for sharing
Hi Dia,
Thanks a lot for the comment. Have fun.
Hi Samuel,
Great writing, When we think about success it is essential to motivate ourselves, I would like to remember a great Quote here ” No pain! No gain!!”.
I have motivated through 2 of your inspirational ways that I am reading success stories and keep reading self development books.
Thanks for a wonderful article…
Hi Vijay,
Thanks a lot for the comment. Have fun.
Yeah, That’s just the fact. “NO pain No Gain”
Samuel
Your post is really great! What you are talking about is motivation and actually – inspiration! a famous American author – Jack London says you can’t wait for inspiration – you have to go after it. Listen to whatever gets you up and inspired, talk with and hang out with people who either inspire you with what they have done or are doing! And do alot of it!
Glenn
PS: Thanks for stopping in at my blog too!
Hi Glenn,
You are right man. Thanks a lot for the comment. Have fun.
I love that quote
hi sam, you’re right, success never comes overnight. you’ve shown four great ways of self motivation. all of those techniques work like magic. as an entrepreneur or as a blogger, we always have to face various challenges. at that moment we need to boost our mentality. when i get into trouble, i always read from successful persons like abraham lincoln, jamshed khan tata, birla so on.
thanks, sam for reminding us to do so.
Hi Rahul,
Glad you love the post. Thanks a lot for the comment. Have fun.
Very good collections listed out here, i love the 2nd and 4th actually. good job.. go ahead
Thanks for the comment bro. Have fun.
Hi Samuel
I am learning from those who already are successful or on the way to success. Best to learn from what they have learnt. Than just try and figure it all out myself. I have got to know these people from visiting their blogs and commenting. They visit my blog to see what I am doing. Trust builds up and then comes a good relationship where I can ask questions and learn.
Also I am joining a group in January where I will have mentoring and there will be objectives set and teaching on marketing and running my business. Looking forward to becoming a successful entrepreneur
Patricia Perth Australia
Hi Momma,
Its a good way to stay motivated. Sure, you will be a great entrepreneur 
. Keep up the good work. Wish you all the best in your entrepreneurial endeavors.
That’s great
Samuel, I do agree with your Tips on being self motivated. You can hardly achieve anything meaningful in life without being self motivated, the hurdles are just too many to cross and you definitely need a healthy dose of constant motivation to keep on moving on. The truth as you have rightly noted is staying in constant touch with inspiration books,blogs and tapes of others who have gone through the path you are now threading. This is the source of unending motivation and it is a constant habit every entrepreneur must develop.
Thanks for sharing, Sam.
Hi Samuel.. one of my worst nightmare as an entrepreneur is to wake up one morning losing my mojo or passion in what I do. Then, how to go on from there? Yes, we get burned out every now and then and I love the tips you wrote here. Getting inspired may come normally to other people and blessed are they who can call upon their inspirational spirit guide to help them conquer their creative slump. I guess, for me, finding inspiration is as simple as taking a break and discovering new worlds at the comfort of my couch and a paperback between my palms. – Shaleen@Ajeva
Hi Samuel,
One of the things I do when I’m feeling flat is to hop over to TEDTalks and find something to watch. It’s almost impossible to tune in there and not find inspiration and motivation. It usually takes less than 20 minutes, which is easy to find while I’m eating lunch at my desk. (Don’t all entrepreneurs eat at their desk?)
Hey Samuel,
You’re right, nothing good comes easy, and that’s a fact. People don’t realize the amount of work it takes, along with the hurdles they’re bound to face. Self-motivation is definitely a key factor for an entrepreneur’s overall success. You outlined some great ways to keep motivated, even when the going gets tough. Thanks!
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I like what you say about read successful people stories. It always inspired me to do that.
Same here, it always interest me reading people’s stories on how they succeed, it’s like if they can do it then why can’t I.
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