Monday, August 8, 2011

Music and Motivation

There's a lot of research showing that music evokes emotion in most people.  One was to get motivated is to listen to music that has an emotional motivating effect.  For example, if the goal you're working on has to do with exercise, listening to energetic, exciting music could help you get going.  If, on the other hand, the goal has to do with relaxation, soothing music would probably help.  Each goal you're working on undoubtedly has an emotion associated with it that it would help you to evoke.  Look at each of your goals, identify the emotion that if you were experiencing it would help move you forward, and then look for a piece of music you can play during the time you're taking action on that goal. 

The work to find the right music might be challenging and time consuming, so maybe the only goals you'll need musical accompaniment for are the ones where you are stuck.  Getting unstuck with music might be the most useful thing you can do.

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