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* '''Understand the 'Why'''' - Revisit your motivation and try to realize what is driving you. For instance, losing weight might appear to be your goal, but it is more likely a means to another end. Are you trying to be healthier? Be more attractive? Stop someone nagging you? Run faster? All are valid reasons, but they may provide different long term motivational power.
* '''Look to others''' - Find out what has worked for other people, and what they have tried that has failed.
* '''Use the Dopamine''' - Your short term goals must provide the sense of satisfaction you need. If you are wasting your time on trivia (reading emails, surfing the web) rather than your long term objective, you're not structuring your short term rewards to give you the dopamine hit you need. (Dopamine is the brain's reward chemical.)
* '''Be Honest''' - Consider carefully what your world will look like if you fail in your goals. If the world in which you have failed is grim (too fat to move, dead of a heart attack, stuck in a dead end job), then use that visualization as motivation. If the world in which you have failed is okay, then rethink your goals.
* '''Make a choice''' - Henry Ford said ""Whether You Think You Can or Can't, You're Right"
* '''Run to the next tree''' - Motivation is often about controlling your thinking. If you think about the long term effort, it can crush you. Focus on short term, attainable goals.
* '''Be Public''' - Announcing your goal publically publicly can boost your confidence, and get support from those around you.