Health Matters

www.drjimshealthtips.com By James W. Jones, MD, PhD, MHA

There Should be Elation about Motivation Providing Salvation

To achieve and better yourself in life requires motivation. Motivation is the mindset so enough willpower is gathered to set about achieving a desired result. My mother repeatedly issued the challenge that “if you don’t continually better yourself in this life, you’ll wind up as sorry as dirt,” and I most assuredly did not want that to happen. MOTIVATING!

As Dolly Parton aptly proclaimed, “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” Mark Twain acknowledged, “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” When achieving any goal, getting started seems to be a stopping block for many of us, and

MOTIVATION is the means to begin.

Motivation is prompted by perception of a need. Andrew Maslow proposed a hierarchy of human needs grouped by significance as Physiological (hunger, thirst), then Safety, then Social (love, friendship), then Self-esteem, and next Self-actualization (achievement of full potential). What is there in your life that you want utmost to enhance?

What aspect of your routine of living could/ should be improved? When you reconsider your full potential, have you reached it? Most of us can always stretch our abilities a bit, especially if we get into the habit of cultivating betterments in our lifestyles. THINK!

In what aspect of your life have you settled into a drab “do as little as possible” attitude? Before I retired (and especially even before Covid), my mindset was to use time well to accomplish and (most important) avoid wasting time.

To be successful in achieving goals, correct methodology must be adhered to, and I obtained the right way from the ideas of others. Consider a single feasible goal that can be divided into smaller tasks. Before starting, consider the benefits of achieving your goal. Bring family, friends, or better both for support into your confidence about your plans, and seek their backing. Set reminders and times to complete each task.

The quality of our lives is reflected by our principles, values, and goals--which are determinants of what we hold significant. COME ON QUALITY. My mother recurrently told me, “What determines how successful you are in life as a person is how many people you help.” Naturally, we wish to make our lives and the lives of our loved ones better as we continue, but how about others as well? I work to write Health Matters to do so, but there are nearly countless ways others’ lives can be helped. There is no doubt a great deal more gratification in our lives when we benefit others than when we benefit ourselves.

The Golden Rule provides guidance that if we treat others as we would wish to be treated, wholesome self-satisfaction is a gain that really happens, and a feeling of living the GOOD LIFE is realized.

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