Let's now talk about the motivation hacks. So in this section, I would like to share with you three motivation hacks so that you can add more motivation to your life. The first one is better food. How do you feel when you eat a lot ready, motivated and willing to take massive action? Sad enough. Remember last time that you had a huge dinner with your family, or your friends?
How did you feel when you ate a lot? When you were eating, you are maybe enjoying it. But what happened after? Did you have a lot of energy? Were you motivated to take action? Maybe the only action you wanted to take was to take a nap.
Food will impact your energy and motivation level. If you eat food that will make you feel sleepy. You won't be able to create the quality of life you desire. To increase your motivation, you must be aware of which food combination and quantity maximizes your energy mix. Innovation and pleasure. Let me explain.
There is some food that will make you sleepy and unmotivated. For example, a large plate of pasta. If you eat a lot of pasta, you will get sleepy because your body has to digest it. If it is a small plate of pasta, it will give you more energy and motivation. If you eat past that lunch, it will give you energy for the day and your body can use this to fuel today. If you eat fast at night and go to sleep right after, you won't sleep really well and the next day you will be tired.
I'm not here to tell you to eat on salad and drink only water. I'm here to tell you to be aware of the effect of what you eat has on your body. I don't believe in diets because they don't work. I believe in finding which foods work for you. When you eat a large pizza at lunch, how do you feel? Why not eating eat at night or eating half of it?
Listen to your body. How does it happen? Back to energy and motivation. I would like you to start listening to your body because it will tell you how food affects it. When you eat only fish with salad at lunch, how do you feel? Do you have more energy and motivation?
The key is to listen to your body when you eat certain kind of food. It will tell you if it gives you more motivation and then an energy. It's then up to you to decide what to eat. What did you eat today? How did you feel today? How could you have improved the quantity or quality of the food?
It's a process that takes time, but it's worth it because you are building lasting motivation. So I highly encourage you just to think about food and how it impacts your energy level. You can also have a notebook and every time that you eat something a few hours later, you just write down how do you feel? Do you feel that you have More energy or do you feel tired, and then you will find certain food or combination of food or quantity of food that you can use and that you can eat. That will give you a lot of energy and motivation. It's something that takes time, but it's really worth it.
It's something I did. And now I have so much energy during the day. It's incredible. Just because I found my food, the quantity and when I should eat it. The next motivation hack is to move often. Are you more motivated when you lay in bed all day or when you go for a walk?
The walk? Why? Because you moved your body. There is a direct link between motivation and moving often. The more you move your body during the day, the more motivation you would have. What do most people do?
They stay at the desk for long hours, and then they experience drop of motivation. When I advise CEOs, I tell them to move every 3040 minutes, no matter where they out. Walk, jump around. That's why they can endure long days. The key is to move every 3040 minutes, grab a glass of water, stretch, jump in the air, go for a walk, run for few minutes, do something that engages, that engages your body. I know that most people would still work long hours without moving, because they maybe think that they can be more productive.
The truth is that by moving often, you can work more, because you're more energized and motivated. So I know that some people would say, Yeah, I get it. But that's not for me. You know, I don't want to move often. And I can't just do it. You will see trade traders for one day, even if it's on the weekends, try just to move more often.
And you see how motivated and you would have more energy. At first you say? Yeah, you know, like this awesome guy. He says, Yeah, you must move off and But no, just try and do it. It's about change. The quality of your life and being more motivated.
And by moving often, and by pushing through the first, the first time that you that you do it and you say, Oh no, that's not something great for me. I shouldn't do that. Just do it just push through. Anyway, see, then your body will get used to move often, and then you will be more motivated. The third motivation hack is hydration. Imagine that we will go for a five hour walk without drinking anything.
How motivated would you be to continue walking, your motivation will be very low. Most people do exactly that everyday. The move or the stay at their desks for long hours. Don't keep fuel to their bodies. Hydration with water is the best fuel to your body. The more you hydrate the more motivated you will be.
I'm not saying that you must drink 10 liters of water per day, but aim to at least two liters of water per day. Try not to drink everything at once. If you drink too much water at once, your body won't have time to absorb it, and it will go directly into your urine. general rule of thumb, drink a sip of water every 20 minutes. So my question to you is, how are you going to remind yourself to drink water every day and drink more water? Are you going to have a bottle of water on your desk?
What are you going to do?