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  • The tools you need to motivate yourself

    Alisa Camplin - 4.5 min read

    29 October 2018


    We all have things we want to achieve. Learn how holding yourself accountable can help you reap greater rewards.

    The tools you need to motivate yourself

    Let’s face it, we’re all busy. I’m a working mum, I wear lots of different professional hats, and often my life is in overdrive.

    Luckily, I have a large work threshold and a well-practised ability to sustain focus, which enables me to tackle all of these things. However, on the outside, I probably don’t always seem calm. Sometimes, people mistake my focus for stress or my purposefulness as intensity, which can impact my approachability. So cultivating the right external energy is definitely something I need to work on.

    But the achievement of change or reaching a specific outcome takes commitment and hard work, as well as time and patience. So understanding how you can keep yourself motivated and on track is integral to success.

    External accountability

    External accountability is holding yourself accountable to others in some way. It often involves a pre-negotiated reward – for example, a promotion, a pay rise, an award – which relies on us delivering a specific outcome.

    While these tangible rewards are great motivators, there’s something even more powerful in helping us reach our goals – the validation, support and encouragement we receive from others. We want people to think well of us, to believe we will deliver on our promises, and so we hold ourselves to a higher standard of commitment. We also feel rewarded because we then know we’ve elevated ourselves in the eyes of another, on top of growing personally.

    It’s this desire to make an impression on our peers that makes external accountability one of the most successful type of accountability. In fact, research shows, when you write down your goal and share it with someone close to you, your chances of success improve by 42%.

    This is a great strategy, and we should use it to our advantage by involving family members, best friends, partners and colleagues in our goal-setting.

    Personally, with my goal of projecting calmness, my confidants have also been a great support in providing candid feedback and gentle reminders. But even more importantly, they praise me when my energy levels are in the right place.

    Internal accountability

    Where external accountability is making a commitment to others, internal accountability is making a commitment to yourself. Sadly, it’s usually the less successful of the two. But why exactly does it fail us?

    Personally, I believe we should be placing the same value on promises to ourselves as we do when we make them to other people. At the end of the day, my word is my word – no matter who I’m giving it to. But the reality is, we tend to demote our own goals and commitments to the bottom of the list or make excuses to ourselves that just wouldn’t fly with our boss or friends.

    So, if you know your self-accountability is low, try drawing on some of the motivating forces we know exist with external accountability to improve your self-drive.

    Reward yourself for trying

    Up the ante on the rewards side by treating yourself whenever you feel you’ve earned it – not just once you actually reach your goal. Celebrating effort and progress is vital to maintaining momentum. For me, projecting calmness remains a work in progress, but I’ve been sure to reward myself while on this journey towards creating a better habit. I focus on rewards that complement my ultimate goal, such as massages, a quiet daytime walk outside, or a night at the movies with girlfriends. Not only do these reinforce the progress I’ve made, but they’re also good ways to relax and replenish my soul.

    Make your #OneChange

    Identify rewards aligned with your overall goal and increase their frequency in line with your efforts.

    Revisit the commitment regularly

    Learn to be your own cheerleader by flooding yourself with positive encouragement in the same way your peers would. A great technique is to write your commitment down and make diary notes of all the ways you’re working towards achieving it. Try to do this regularly, so you can look back and see how far you’ve come – or, so you can find a few reminders when you need to try again. Keep telling yourself “Hang in there, it will be worth it.” Change takes time, so think of your efforts as an ongoing journey and cheerlead yourself accordingly.

    Recognise value in the journey

    Above all, think about self-improvement and personal growth as rewards in themselves. We do need to keep pushing outside our comfort zones, so praise the process of change and enjoy working towards the best version of yourself.

    The feeling of self-satisfaction you discover along the way – and the snowball effect this has on your confidence, self-efficacy and optimism – is exceptionally powerful. And that in itself makes it all worth it.


    Alisa Camplin

    A former world champion aerial skier, Alisa Camplin made sporting history in 2002 as the first ever Australian woman to win gold at the Winter Olympics. After 18 years as a global corporate executive, Alisa now juggles a mix of sport, business, consulting, charity and governance roles. No stranger to physical and emotional trials, Alisa runs Resilience and High Performance programs to assist others in achieving their full potential. Awarded the prestigious Order of Australia medal, Alisa is passionate about mental wellbeing and helping people thrive. The information in this article is general information only and is not intended as financial, medical, health, nutritional or other advice. You should obtain professional advice from a financial adviser or medical or health practitioner in relation to your own personal circumstances.

    Disclaimer:
    The information in this article is general information only and is not intended as financial, medical, health, nutritional, tax or other advice. It does not take into account any individual’s personal situation or needs. You should consider obtaining professional advice from a financial adviser and/or tax specialist, or medical or health practitioner, in relation to your own circumstances and before acting on this information.


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