Where do you find motivation?

[eluser]Mirage[/eluser]
All good comments here.

I find motivation in the success of achieving my goals. So my mission is to be successful in order to stay motivated. To be successful I must achieve my goals.

- Think positive
The glass is half-full. I get motivated not by how far I have to go, but by how far I've come.

- Talk to anyone
So most of your friends aren't coders. Welcome to the club. I talk to my friends about my ideas anyway. I talk to my wife and kids about it. Many of them don't really have a clue what I'm talking about. But they are my friends and family nonetheless and there's no question that they like to see me succeed. So they will listen, ask questions and often even tell me how something sounds like a great idea or that they're proud of an achievement. No better motivation for me than being the [conquering] hero.

- Get it done
The road to world-domination is a long and windy one. Set realistic, achievable goals. Breaking projects down into smaller, achievable chunks rewards me by being able to take things 'off the list'. I need to make progress everyday. My biggest motivation killer is the feeling of not getting anything done. If I can't attribute it to un-controllable events, I know I set my goals too high for that day and subsequently adjust.

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Cheers!