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Flow …what is it …how to stay out of its way. All the things that happen in the world around us can be used, or worked with, as sources of extrinsic motivation .

A big part of motivating oneself, and staying motivated is finding ways for the motivation we do have to resonate within whatever environment we find ourselves in. Being able to adapt and flow with whatever is going on around us allows our best energies to be directed towards what’s important to us.

“Flow” is what happens, no matter what. The people and events in our lives go on, whether we are present, or not. The challenge is to step into, and stay in, the right current as determined by what are goals and dreams may be.

Extrinsic motivation is about the “flow” of the Energy around us, and how to take advantage of the personal connection we have with our environments.

CONNECTION.

Paying attention to the energies going on around us is connecting. Fortunately, this IS something we notice – and respond to – throughout the day.

Say for instance – when you walk into a room of people who don’t get along well, or who’ve just had an argument, you can feel the tension in the room.

Or – when you’re around two people who are attracted to each other, you and anyone else in the vicinity can feel the sparks.

It’s easy to connect with the energy in these scenarios. It “fills” the air. And it’s not any different connecting with the other energies around you. Consequently, allowing for “flow” and connecting with the world around you causes the same experience to take place inside you. In doing so, extrinsic motivation becomes the experience of life itself, rather than treats and tricks to keep yourself going.

The biggest part is remembering to do it, or being aware that you ARE doing it; probably without even realizing it.

Here’s something to try

* Hop in your car and drive through different areas, or neighborhoods in your town. As you drive around, take in the sights, but look without judging. Judging, as in, the “automatic commentary” that runs through our minds when we see something different or of interest.

* Instead, try and pick up on the energy of what you’re looking at. It won’t come in words, or thoughts, though. It’ll come in “feels”.

When I drive through so called bad neighborhoods, I can feel a heaviness, or a tension; whereas the more “affluent” areas feel light, and freer, and sometimes sterile, or frozen-like.

Something else to try if you like to take walks is noticing the energies coming off the different houses you pass. Or, if you’re nearby a park, notice the “feel” in the midst of the air and the grass and the trees.

Once you get in the habit of paying attention to flow of the world around you, it becomes easier to identity how your dream – your passion – connects with your place in the world. Extrinsic motivation , in and of itself, is about connecting the inner dream with your outer world.

Scott Barker- EzineArticles- Expert Author

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