How to motivate yourself for something?

This question is often asked by people in the hope of finally starting to go towards their goal faithfully and persistently. Unfortunately, there is no universal answer to this question. There is no motivation advice that is suitable for every person. However, throughout the history of this concept, there have been many well-known theories that have been tested by time and are used in various spheres of life to this day. Everyone chooses for themselves which method is suitable for them specifically.

There are the following five basic approaches to motivation.

Motivation is the needs that all people have the same.
That’s what Maslow thought, whose famous pyramid of needs is known all over the world. According to her, a person has five main needs: 1 — physiological, 2 — the need for security, 3 — for socialization, 4 — for respect and 5 — for self-expression.
Moreover, they all go in strict order. That is, let’s say that as long as a person does not feel safe, the need for socialization is not a priority for him.
Therefore, taking Maslow’s theory as a basis, in order to motivate yourself to achieve a result, you first need to determine which of these five needs your goal belongs to, then take care of the previous steps of the pyramid and meet the needs for them, and only then take on your main task.

Motivation is the needs that all people have.
The author of this theory is David McClelland. In his opinion, there are three needs that influence a person’s actions: the need for achievement — independence and responsibility for one’s choice; the need for complicity — the desire to be part of a group; and the need for power.
To use this technique, first you need to conduct self-analysis and understand yourself. Identify which of these three needs you feel most often. For example, why do you work out at the gym? To get a reward (achievement), to join a group of athletes (complicity) or to become stronger and more attractive (power)?
Once you understand what your prevailing need is, apply it to achieve your other goals.

Motivation is about expectations.
The creator of this approach is psychologist Viktor Vroom. He believed that people’s motivation depends on their expectations. In particular, he identified three questions that a person mentally asks himself before starting to do something: is the result achievable; will I receive a reward for it; will the reward be valuable? If a person answers all these questions positively, then he will begin to act.
This theory is still quite popular today, because it provides convenient criteria — the goal should be really achievable and should result in a result that will be truly valuable to a person.
To put this technique into practice, you need to select a goal and evaluate it according to all the above criteria.

• Are you sure that you are able to achieve the goal? How will you do it? Are you aware of all the pitfalls that may come your way?
• Are you sure that your actions will eventually lead to a result?
• Is this result really important to you? Will it be relevant to you in the future?
  Guided by these answers, you will be able to clearly achieve your goal. Or they will prove to you that this goal is not really yours.