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Motivating Yourself: Step One

This document outlines a 5-step process for motivating oneself towards achieving a goal. It involves having the interviewee rate their commitment and progress on a scale, identify small action steps, and think about past successful and unsuccessful experiences to determine self-talk and focus that lead to success or failure. The interviewer's role is to guide the interviewee through these steps to help them formulate strategies for staying motivated.

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Motivating Yourself: Step One

This document outlines a 5-step process for motivating oneself towards achieving a goal. It involves having the interviewee rate their commitment and progress on a scale, identify small action steps, and think about past successful and unsuccessful experiences to determine self-talk and focus that lead to success or failure. The interviewer's role is to guide the interviewee through these steps to help them formulate strategies for staying motivated.

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9.

Motivating Yourself

This exercise uses scaling to enable an ‘interviewee’ to gauge their level of commitment to a
goal.

Step One

 How would you know you had achieved your goal?


 What would you start or stop doing that would be different?
 What difference would it make to you?

Step Two

 If 10 on the scale means you have already achieved it, and 0 is you haven't started yet,
where would you say you are now?
 (If above zero) what did you do to get there?
 Where do you hope to get to in the next few days/weeks?
 What one small step would move you up one point on the scale?

Step Three

If 10 represents putting in a lot of effort, and 0 that you feel unable to do anything, where
would you put yourself today?

 Is that enough to get you started, or do you need to move up the scale?
 If you do need to move up the scale what is the first thing you need to do?

Step Four

Once the small step has been identified, ask:

 What would need to happen for that to happen?


 What would you or anyone else need to do?

If the person is not willing/able/ready to take even a small step, ask ‘How will you know
when it is a good time to take this step?’

Step Five

Summarise what the person has already achieved and what the next step is going to be.
a) The Interviewer Asks the Person to Think of a Time When They Felt Proud About

Something They Had Achieved

 What were you saying to yourself/thinking/hearing from others that helped you to
succeed?
 How did you ‘psyche’ yourself up for the challenge?
 What were you focusing on most – the present moment, past memories, or future
benefits?
 How did achieving the goal change the way you think about yourself?
 What did other people notice or say to you about your achievement?

b) The Interviewer Then Invites the Client to Think of a Time When They Apparently Failed

 In the build-up to this experience what were you thinking about/saying to yourself?
 Who were you listening to?
 What were you paying most attention to – past experiences/the present
moment/anticipation of the future?
 After the event what did you tell yourself?
 What did you say to other people and what did they say to you?

Both parties must then discuss the contrast between these two experiences and formulate
some ‘rules’ which will enhance the possibility of success for the interviewee.

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