Inspiration and motivation are the engines that make you drives towards your goals. Inspiration gets you going and fires you up in the first place while motivation is what you need a continual supply of to make it all happen. Here are some ideas to fuel your inspiration and high on your motivation.

Visualize your goal. Spend a few minutes a day with your eyes closed, visualizing your goal and experiencing it with your senses. See, smell, hear and feel how it will be. This makes it extremely real and allows the cellular memory to start activating your physiology to change.

Feel the achievement of that business success or career position: the joy, triumph, elation or even relief. Here the "sounds" of your success: the compliments, the applause, the speech. Imagine the trappings, the new house, the car, money in your bank etc.

Reinforce your goals. Write up your goals in big letters and paste them all over in your house if possible. You can try putting hanging them in the bathroom. Every morning, you can check them over, sing them out and get daily dose of motivation. (Get them laminated though, you do not want your papers to get soggy and disappear down the drain.) Another great place to write your goals is on the back of the toilet door. You need to visit it at least a few times in a day! This guarantees several minutes of goal reinforcement each day.

Listen to motivational speakers and audios. Attend networking functions with motivation speakers. Not only can you learn and be inspired by the energy these events generate, you will be mixing with similarly motivated people. Listen to success and motivation audios in your car or MP3 players. Choose something that relates to your goal and play it to inspire you and reinforce your intentions on the way to work.

Get support from a mentor. Find someone who has already achieved your goal or has lots of relevant knowledge and experience and can see the potential of what your are doing. Ask them to be your mentor. Set up a schedule of meetings with them, face to face or on the phone. Even an exchange of emails once a week will be great. Good mentors and truly successful people who will not feel threatened by sharing what they have learned. They know there is always enough success to go around.

Take a break. It is amazing how the simple act of getting out of your office or business for fifteen minutes can fuel your inspiration and motivation. Go for a short walk or have a coffee. As your body moves, your enthusiasm and energy will start to flow again. A home office, especially, can often become quite claustrophobic. Adopt a favorite coffee shop as your other "office". Use it as somewhere to go to plan or consolidate your ideas away from your desk.

Alex Yeo
http://www.SelfHelpSpot.com