VIVA LA RESISTANCE
[Psychology]
April 20, 2022
We learn how to properly reward ourselves for success so that we want to achieve even more. Use four simple rules to help you keep and increase your motivation. Choose a reward that doesn't conflict with the goal. Rewarding yourself with something that is contrary to your goal, you instill a bad habit in yourself. As soon as you get tired of working hard, the desire to eat delicious food or buy something will take over. That kind of motivation just doesn't work in the long run. Do not replace the goal with a reward. Rewards are needed, but to celebrate success and remind yourself that you can handle everything. Reinforce yourself every step of the way. Do not forget that the reward should be commensurate with the task performed. Save big rewards for big goals. For an hour and a half of work, you are unlikely to deserve to watch a two-hour movie, but a coffee break is easy. Recognizing the reward is just as important as receiving it. At such times, tell yourself what work you did, what skills you used to do it, and how it brought you closer to a big goal. This is a good self-esteem exercise.