Got motivation?
- 1. Got motivation? A guide to harnessing your motivation to get in shape, using behavior design principals.
- 2. Reasons for motivation highs After surveying college students, I found many common instances during which people were more motivated to exercise, when they hadn¡¯t previously had a habit of exercising. In the next few slides, I¡¯ll tell you about a few of them and then show you which one is most effective.
- 3. Social Pressure Students were more likely to run or exercise if their friends invited them to join. This was a great way to spend time with each other and also reduced the ability of either student to skip their workout.
- 4. Fear of Failure If a student signs up for a race or a class, that provides motivation to exercise, because if the student didn¡¯t exercise, he/she would ¡°fail¡± when competing or going to the class.
- 5. Health Shock One example of motivation occurred when someone I surveyed had a doctor¡¯s appointment that unearthed surprising negative results. This also created motivation because the results could be counteracted through exercise.
- 6. Start Over The chance to start over motivates many people at least once a year. Around the time that New Year¡¯s Resolutions are made, gyms are full and people exercising are much more commonly seen.
- 7. Start Over The chance to start over motivates many people at least once a year. Around the time that New Year¡¯s Resolutions are made, gyms are full and people exercising are much more commonly seen.
- 8. Enjoying Success When someone ¡°succeeds¡± at exercising several times in a row and sees an effect, he/she is MUCH more likely to continue exercising. And this is the motivation wave that I¡¯m going to talk about!
- 9. Success creates further success! Now how can we harness that?
- 10. How does success help? Finish Start Motivation doesn¡¯t work like this¡
- 11. How does success help? Finish Start It works like this!
- 12. The Cycle Each cycle involves: 1) Setting a very achievable goal 2) Working to accomplish it 3) Succeeding! 4) Starting a new cycle
- 13. The Cycle Using this path of motivation ensures that your motivation won¡¯t fizzle out. 10 minutes a day for a year is far more effective than 2 hours a day for a week.
- 14. Try it out! Now see how this could apply to your life. Are there any physical challenges you¡¯ve been wanting to do? Give this a try and set yourself up to succeed. You might be successful in harnessing a motivation wave!