Zen Habits: Top 20 Motivation Hacks

Zen Habits has been posting motivational techniques to help people achieve their goals. The top 20 have been assembled into one post with links to the original, which provides more detail. Nice resource.

Here is some the text and a few samples from the list:

For the last two weeks I've been posting the Top 20 Motivation Hacks, one by one. These are the tips and tricks that, if used in combination, are a nearly sure way to achieve your goals.

Achieving goals is not a matter of having "discipline". It's a matter of motivating yourself, and keeping your focus on your goal. Follow these hacks, or any combination of them that works for you, and you should have the motivation and focus you need.

Here they are, in reverse order (links take you to more on each):

#20: Chart Your Progress.
#15: Just get started.
#13: Give it time, be patient.
#7: Become aware of your urges to quit, and be prepared for them.

Overall, this is a useful collection of tips.

Tags: motivation hacks, achieving goals, techniques for success, Zen Habits