it's a new year and many of us like to
make resolutions to better ourselves
so Greg do you have any resolutions this
year uh yeah I want to learn the full
Justin Bieber sorry dance I want to be
more vulnerable in my relationships with
people and be more productive at work
okay well those are awesome but they
might be hard so here are eight tips
that we're gonna use to help stay
motivated this year get enough sleep
your willpower is an exhaustible
resource and this is known as eco
depletion and a good night's sleep is
the essential key aspect of keeping your
willpower high-touch sleep last night
awful barely got any Z's weird I slept
really great Timbits um no thanks yeah
get started have a goal and just do it
something known as the Z Garnica fact
negs us until we complete a task that we
already started so simply starting a
task means you're more likely to finish
it what remember you were gonna finish
writing the script on motivation today
I'm surround yourself with people who
motivate you we're often told that peer
pressure is bad but in the case of
making new habits the people around you
can really help you guys let's go up
let's do it happen whoo take breaks
instead of working for two hours
straight try and focus for only 25
minutes with a scheduled break after
this is known as the Pomodoro Technique
this technique is known to enhance
mental agility and I mean any excuse for
a dance party right make sure you eat
right think back to a day when you were
really productive what did you eat that
day our bodies convert food into glucose
which provides energy to our brain to
stay alert but unfortunately not all
foods are metabolized equally foods high
in sugar released their glucose quickly
giving a rush of energy to the body that
then slumps off while foods high in fat
like a burger provides sustained energy
they also are a lot of work on our
stomachs which decreases the amount of
oxygen in our brain and makes us feel
tired a tip to making better snack
decisions is to pick what you are going
to eat before you got hungry
turn your goal into a new habit often
our goals don't work out because they're
not specific enough
instead break that goal down into a
habit so if your goal is to try and save
money maybe you can start making your
own coffee instead of buying it wait you
can make coffee for me I like to break
up my day into specific tasks instead of
jumping all over them all the time so
for example I'll do an hour and a half
of something that involves being
creative than an hour and a half of
communication and an hour and a half of
research and that way your brain can
focus on specific tasks at hand start on
a Monday research suggests that we may
be more likely to follow through with
our goals if we start on a Monday
temporal landmarks actually help us to
separate our past failures so a new week
a new mean so we hope that those tips
will help you stay motivated and execute
your goals this year and let us know in
the comments below what your goals are
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