Success puts you in an advantageous position and also charges you with a positive state of mind. When you think over your success, it boosts your morale and keeps you motivated.
Sometimes, you lack motivation and your work suffers. People often try to instill energy through negative internal motivation. If you motivate yourself to do a particular work through criticism or fear, it may become negative.
External coercion or internal criticism may bring out negative emotions like oppression and rebellion in you.
Motivation is self-management in the real sense of the term. It is nurtured through celebration and appreciation. When you celebrate your previous success and appreciate what you have already accomplished, you become motivated to accomplish the unconquered.
You can achieve self-management by either of two styles - the “good boss” or the “bad boss”.
If you are a bad boss of yourself, you will take up criticism and intimidation, never giving way to appreciation. Treating yourself nastily is yet another criterion of a bad boss.
On the other hand, a good boss bestows generous praise when the job is accomplished accurately, and tries to analyze the underlying features if one fails.
Harsh treatment never produces good results. Adequate encouragement is necessary for a positive mindset.
Copyright 2005 Marc Sanders