How to Stay Motivated as a Martial Artist by Instructor Ma

💡 How to Stay Motivated as a Martial Artist 🥋

By Instructor Ma

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🧱 Building the Success Blueprint

Make a list of obstacles. Always think of everything that might stand in your way and decide what you can do about each obstacle. If you design a plan, you’ll reduce the influence of each obstacle and increase the chances that you will be successful.

Write down the benefits of achieving your goal. One strong motivator is knowing exactly what you will gain from reaching your goal. For example, keeping your checkbook balanced will give you more spending money, or walking every day will help you stay healthier and reduce stress.

Break down complicated plans into manageable tasks. Be specific about what has to be accomplished. By setting goals along the way, your tasks will seem more manageable, and not overwhelming.

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🤝 The Accountability Hacks

Don’t be embarrassed to ask for help. A partner can help you stay committed and motivated. Look for role models, people who have already achieved the goals you seek to reach. Ask them for advice and suggestions. Find how they got where they are, and incorporate what you learn into your plan.

Get organized. Being prepared and organized can help you feel better about your ability to reach your goals. Having information scattered in too many places makes you feel out of control and undermines motivation.

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🧠 Mindset Mastery

Be serious about each step in your process. Think about learning to ski, for example. The beginner I given a list of instructions: “lean forward,” “bend the ankles,” “keep weight on the downhill ski,” etc. Each of these is an explicit step. The extent the skier is seriously trying to learn each step will determine the outcome. Each step is separate, but functions together to reach the goal. Failure to focus on any part of the steps can cause you to crash.

Enhance your interest in the goal/ Be sure it’s related to your values, and if the connections aren’t obvious at first, think through how the task at hand complements your values and overall goals. If it doesn’t, you should think about why it’s on your “to-do list.” Maybe it’s a task you should delegate or delete.

Don’t procrastinate. Procrastination is a form of self-regulatory failure. The old saying, “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today” is one you should live by. If you to this too often, your “tomorrow” may never come, and you’ll never reach your goal.

Remember that willpower is a limited resource. Think of willpower as a muscle. If you don’t use the muscle and exercise it, it becomes weaker and weaker. The more you use your willpower, the stronger it will become, just like a muscle does. If you don’t use it, eventually, you may lose it.

Avoid preconceived task difficulty. If you believe a task is difficult without truly knowing it, it will also give you a perception about how much effort you’ll need to put into it and how likely you are to fail.

If sharing a goal, divide the tasks based on interests. You’re more apt to stay motivated in something you’re interested in. If working in a group, dividing the tasks into areas each member is interested in will keep the entire group motivated and help improve chances of success. It may be impossible to have a few areas to work on that aren’t at the top of your interest list, but having many that you are interested in can keep your overall motivation going.

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I hope that you find these tips useful. Thank you for reading my articles.

🌟 About the author: Instructor Ma

Instructor Ma is a 3rd Degree Black Belt in the Korean self-defense art of Hapkido and a 2nd Dan in Traditional Taekwondo. She is a professional sports and fitness model and full-time Nursing student. She is the language, culture, and leadership development teacher for the World Martial Arts Congress. www.worldmartialartscongress.cn

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