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Introduction <p>About This Book</p> <p>Conventions Used in This Book</p> <p>Foolish Assumptions</p> <p>How This Book Is Organised</p> <p>Part I: Understanding The Basics of Motivation</p> <p>Part II: Identifying & Maintaining Change</p> <p>Part III: Arming yourself with motivational tools</p> <p>Part IV: Using motivation in different areas of your life</p> <p>Part V: The Part of Tens</p> <p>Icons Used in This Book</p> <p>Where to Go from Here</p> <p><i>Part I: Understanding the Basics of Motivation</i></p> <p>Chapter 1: Introducing motivation</p> <p>A brief definition of motivation</p> <p>What it is</p> <p>Knowing how to maintain it</p> <p>Deciding how motivation will help you</p> <p>Exploring the benefits</p> <p>Identifying the barriers</p> <p>Looking into your brain or body for answers</p> <p>What it feels like</p> <p>Looking forward</p> <p>Chapter 2: Exploring the psychology of motivation</p> <p>Identifying the stages</p> <p>Relating yourself to each stage</p> <p>Exploring how the psychology can help</p> <p>Getting your mind around motivation</p> <p>Unravelling the mystery</p> <p>Taking control of your mind</p> <p>Knowing why we struggle to summon it</p> <p>Finding your inner strength</p> <p>Overcoming the barriers</p> <p>Chapter 3: Preparing yourself for motivation</p> <p>Identifying your priorities for motivation</p> <p>Starting with the end in sight</p> <p>Highlighting what matters for you</p> <p>Getting yourself ready</p> <p>Choosing when you will start</p> <p>Committing to the first action</p> <p>Creating a motivational environment</p> <p>Setting up a supportive network</p> <p>Changing your environment</p> <p><i>Part II Identifying & Maintaining Change</i></p> <p>Chapter 4: Summoning the motivation to change</p> <p>Planning to take action</p> <p>Taking the first steps</p> <p>Discovering values that motivate you</p> <p>Listing your personal values</p> <p>Knowing what is stopping you</p> <p>Identifying your demotivators</p> <p>Acknowledging your excuses</p> <p>Understanding the positive by-products</p> <p>Chapter 5: Goal-Setting</p> <p>Facing your demons</p> <p>Recognising areas to change (e.g.. losing weight, getting fit, becoming healthier)</p> <p>Identifying new goals to keep you going</p> <p>Finding the goals to aim for</p> <p>Deciding the focus</p> <p>Dividing goals into achievable chunks</p> <p>Choosing your new years resolution</p> <p>Prioritising the goals</p> <p>Choosing quick wins</p> <p>Defining your long term goals</p> <p>Applying the SMART rule</p> <p>Chapter 6: Maintaining motivation now and beyond</p> <p>Visualising motivation</p> <p>Seeing your success</p> <p>Feeling the benefits</p> <p>Hearing the praise</p> <p>Travelling through time</p> <p>Propelling yourself forward</p> <p>Praising your successes</p> <p>Internal and external praising</p> <p>Steering a clear course</p> <p>Adjusting to daily challenges</p> <p>Chapter 7: Dealing with Setbacks</p> <p>Having contingencies in place</p> <p>Knowing who to call on for help</p> <p>Reprioritising the action plan</p> <p>Overcoming the struggle to maintain motivation</p> <p>Reminding yourself of the benefits</p> <p>Refocusing on the rewards</p> <p>Knowing when fear may be affecting you</p> <p>Facing the fear</p> <p>Overcoming fear and taking action</p> <p><i>Part III: Arming yourself with motivational tools</i></p> <p>Chapter 8: Incentivising motivation (page count 8)</p> <p>Creating a variety of incentives</p> <p>Choosing your favourites</p> <p>Explore different incentives for different situations</p> <p>One size doesn't fit all</p> <p>Chapter 9: Quizzing your brain cells</p> <p>Scoring your personal motivation</p> <p>Raising the score</p> <p>Exploring the left and right side</p> <p>Recognising the differences</p> <p>Connecting both sides</p> <p>Motivational exercises</p> <p>Experiencing the future</p> <p>Stepping into motivation</p> <p>Chapter 10: Using NLP as a motivator</p> <p>Identifying the positive by product of inactivity</p> <p>Creating the by-product in other ways</p> <p>Feeling OK with your decision</p> <p>Defining what makes someone tick</p> <p>Using the senses</p> <p>Taking the other person's perspective</p> <p>Exploring logical levels</p> <p>Identity</p> <p>Values</p> <p>Behaviour</p> <p>Capability</p> <p>Environment</p> <p><i>Part IV: Using motivation in different areas of your life</i></p> <p>Chapter 11: Career and work</p> <p>Motivating yourself</p> <p>Realising what's in it for me</p> <p>Knowing when enough is enough</p> <p>Prioritising other tasks</p> <p>Rewarding quick wins</p> <p>Motivating your team</p> <p>Exploring team goals</p> <p>Identifying team barriers</p> <p>Chapter 12: Money</p> <p>Defining how money motivates you</p> <p>Buying choices</p> <p>Linking financial incentives with goals</p> <p>Sustaining the motivation long term</p> <p>Identifying when money is no longer motivating</p> <p>Understanding what money gives you</p> <p>Chapter 13: Health and wellbeing</p> <p>Avoiding illness and disease</p> <p>Moving towards health</p> <p>Banishing unhealthy habits</p> <p>Creating a healthier lifestyle</p> <p>Deciding your food priorities</p> <p>Taking time out to relax and recharge</p> <p>Making exercise fun</p> <p>Chapter 14: Developing and growing</p> <p>Managing your emotions</p> <p>Identifying your feelings</p> <p>Choosing appropriate responses</p> <p>Taking leaps forward</p> <p>Making personal changes</p> <p>Honouring your values</p> <p>Experiencing new challenges</p> <p>Embracing change</p> <p>Leaving your comfort zone</p> <p>Chapter 15: Relationships</p> <p>Personal</p> <p>Identify what motivates your family</p> <p>Recognise each person’s own motivator</p> <p>Ensure family preferences are all met</p> <p>Professional</p> <p>Engaging motivational people</p> <p>Creating a motivating support group Exploring a win/win approach</p> <p>Finding what motivates other people Acknowledging individuality</p> <p>Exploring hidden talents</p> <p>Embracing personal choice</p> <p>Tuning into their values</p> <p>Discovering different mindsets</p> <p>Acknowledging individual preferences</p> <p><i>Part V: The part of Tens</i></p> <p>Chapter 16: Ten Inspirational Resources</p> <p>Chapter 17: Ten great motivating people e.g.</p> <p>David Beckham</p> <p>Sir Steve Redgrave</p> <p>Sir Richard Branson</p> <p>Winston Churchill</p> <p>Nelson Mandela</p> <p>Margaret Thatcher</p> <p>Tiger Woods</p> <p>Lewis Hamilton</p> <p>Freddie Flintoff</p> <p>J K Rowling</p> <p>Jane Tomlinson</p> <p>Chapter 18: Ten Motivational Exercises )</p> <p>Appendix: Resource List</p> <p>Books</p>

<p>Gillian Burn is the editor of Personal Development All-in-One For Dummies and the Founder and Director of Health Circles Ltd.</p>

<p>Packed with motivational tools and techniques to help you succeed</p> <p>Inspire yourself and others to make positive changes and create a more motivated life</p> <p>Motivation is a powerful tool and is central to achieving your goals; whether you want to change your career, promote teamwork in the office, quit a bad habit, or find a new interest, you need to find the motivation to get going and keep going! This no-nonsense guide explains the psychology of motivation and offers practical strategies to help you master your mind and body to unlock your motivation and get more of what you want in all aspects of your life.</p> <p>Discover how to:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Muster the motivation to make a change</p> </li> <li> <p>Motivate your mind and your body</p> </li> <li> <p>Set goals and maintain motivation</p> </li> <li> <p>Develop a strategy for success</p> </li> <li> <p>Overcome motivational barriers and deal with setbacks</p> </li> </ul>

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