Specifically Describing What You Want Creates Motivation
Make certain you know exactly what you want. Be concise when creating your positive SMART goals (Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time-bound). Rewording your goal and cutting it down into smaller chunks can also help.
Be Positive & Specific About What you Want
Rather than a vague, “I want to be fitter.” Try a specific goal like “I want to exercise 1 hour a day.” Rather than a vague and negative (saying what you don’t want) goal like “I don’t want to feel so overwhelmed at work.” You might start with “I will create a daily worksheet which concisely describes today’s goals.”. You can see the latter is a smaller task that actually creates smaller, achievable tasks for you to become less overwhelmed at work. The goal is still your goal but, its positive and more concise.
The above is a specific description of the goal. It is measurable as you can tick tasks off as they are completed. It is achievable, even if you don’t know how to create a worksheet you can learn. It is relevant to making you feel better, less overwhelmed at work. It is timebound, you can do this daily at the beginning of the day. If there are too many tasks left unfinished after each day, add fewer of them to your daily worksheet each morning.
References:
Sanders S et al NLP: The Essential Guide to Neuro-Linguistic Programming (p. 99). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition
Waller D et al (2016) Their Worlds Your Words: The Hypnotherapists Guide to Effective Scripts and Sessions (p. 108). Ann Jaloba Publishing. Kindle Edition.