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009: Finding Motivation and Momentum

Finding motivation and momentum

Mia and Dinah explore how to find inspiration, get motivated and set goals to change your approach to life admin.

Mia and Dinah talk about the difference between motivation and insinspiration and potential sources of both. They discuss how you might approaches behaviour and habit change, which are required to address your life admin system.

They detail many different ways of setting goals and suggest that first its important to know how you are wired before choosing a method that will work for you. They outline options for goal setting including:

  • SMARTER goals
  • setting one personal goal
  • the Desire Map
  • one one word for the year.

Dinah shares how she got motivated to make a change by having Mia and this podcast as her accountability partner. Mia says she is very goal orientated and has embraced the ‘one word’ and Desire Map approaches.

RESOURCES

Motivation and Behaviour Change

Fogg Behaviour Change Model

Smarter Faster Better, Charles Duhigg

Know Yourself

Gretchin Rubin’s, Four Tendency Quiz

The Cycle of Years, Stratejoy

What makes your brain happy and why you should do the opposite, David Disalvo

Goal Setting

One word for the year

One personal goal approach, Nicole Avery

The Desire Map, Danielle Laporte

Smarter Faster Better, Charles Duhigg

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