{"id":769,"date":"2010-04-16T11:10:34","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T17:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journeyinstitute.org\/blog\/?p=9"},"modified":"2010-04-16T11:10:34","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T17:10:34","slug":"finding-light-in-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/2010\/04\/16\/finding-light-in-the-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Light in the Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"all-703516_1920\"<\/a>Motivation! It\u2019s essential for success in virtually any area our lives. \u00a0 Business, careers, relationships, whatever the goal we need motivation to get us through the effort required. \u00a0Often we begin our journeys with plenty of motivation, drive, ambition. \u00a0Of course it\u2019s much easier when you\u2019re all excited about an adventure to get motivated to do what you have to do. \u00a0But what happens when things get difficult? \u00a0What happens when we run into hurdles or challenges either seen or\u00a0unforeseen?<\/p>\n

Coaches, motivational speakers, tapes, books, all urge us to focus on the positive, to put out positive vibes, to keep the negative thoughts at bay and keep our eyes on our goals and dreams. \u00a0Excellent advice. \u00a0But how easy is it to do? Of course when things are going well it\u2019s easy. \u00a0Even when things aren\u2019t necessarily soaring along but still you\u2019re doing well, then you can find the positive and redirect your goals and off you go.<\/p>\n

The challenge is when everything is going wrong. \u00a0When there seems to be no good news in your\u00a0endeavor, that is when it is the most difficult to get motivated, to stay positive. \u00a0When all around you is not going your way, that\u2019s the time that it becomes the most challenging to focus on the unseen future, the goal, the dream, the positive. \u00a0And yet, that is the time when it\u2019s most important.<\/p>\n

So how do you do it? \u00a0How do you find that spark, that light when all around you is dark?<\/p>\n

One answer is physiological. \u00a0MOVE! \u00a0Change your physiology. \u00a0It\u2019s why\u00a0exercise\u00a0feels so good. \u00a0Get your blood going. \u00a0Get up, go for a walk\/run\/jog whatever. \u00a0Move around the house. \u00a0Try this: \u00a0Stand up, right now where ever you are. \u00a0Stand up, tall and straight, shoulders back, deep breath in. \u00a0Now, look up at the ceiling and put a huge silly goofy smile on your face. \u00a0Even if you can\u2019t think of something to smile about just grin. \u00a0Big old\u00a0Cheshire\u00a0cat like grin. \u00a0Now, without changing your posture or that silly grin on your face\u2026.. get depressed. \u00a0Go on\u2026 do it\u2026 what do you mean you can\u2019t? \u00a0hmmmmmm. . .<\/p>\n

Another thing you can do if you can\u2019t get out and move are things like taking ten Deep, slow, long breaths, holding them in for fifteen or so seconds before letting them out slowly. \u00a0Try it, change your physiology when you\u2019re feeling down you\u2019ll be amazed at what a little movement can do and who knows, you might just get your Journey moving in a better direction at the same time.<\/p>\n

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Motivation! It\u2019s essential for success in virtually any area our lives. \u00a0 Business, careers, relationships, whatever the goal we need motivation to get us through the effort required. \u00a0Often we begin our journeys with plenty of motivation, drive, ambition. \u00a0Of course it\u2019s much easier when you\u2019re all excited about an adventure to get motivated to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}