我怎样才能激励自己去努力工作呢？
How can I motivate myself to work hard?
缺乏信心和注意力不集中是我们失去动力的两个主要原因。
*如果你想增强自信，你必须遵循以下建议:
1. 是积极的。尽可能多地关注你的技能和才能。列出你所有的优点，不要纠结于你认为的缺点。建立自尊就是要找到自己的优势，然后在这些优势的基础上发展壮大。如果你的雇主没有发现你的某些技能，他们是不会给你工作的。
2. 承担风险。这听起来可能有点讽刺，但冒险实际上能增强你的自信。你只需要一开始就采取正确的态度。承担风险，并清楚地知道你的方向。对冒险有积极的态度是取得巨大进步的好方法。
3.不要害怕批评。不要被批评所带来的情绪所左右。你的自信不应该被“总是”或“从不”这样夸张的词语伤害。不要立即进入拒绝或反击模式。相反，要考虑消息来源，并决定这个人是否真的有专业知识来发表他或她的评论。如果你认为这些话不只是空洞的指责，那就把它看作一个提高自己的机会。不要试图控制别人对你的看法。相反，控制你所能控制的——你自己的思想和感受。
通过以下方法来增加你的注意力:
1.限制对你时间的日常干扰和需求
日常中断和临时请求对大多数人来说都是一个大问题。我们不断被传呼;通过即时通讯、电子邮件、短信、手机、横幅广告、弹出窗口等。来自朋友、家人和同事的铃声并不是唯一的问题。通过网络、电视和平面广告的营销人员正在使用脑科学提供的复杂技术来弄清楚如何吸引你的注意力。如果你已经培训过别人，让他们觉得你随时都可以回应他们的要求，那么你需要重新培训他们，让他们期待其他的东西。让人们清楚地知道你什么时候有空，什么时候没空。
2. 保持水分充足——饮水不足不仅会让你行动迟缓，你的大脑也需要水分来保持思维清晰。目标是达到建议的每天八杯水。在你的办公桌上放一瓶，一整天都可以小口喝。如果你对白水不感兴趣，那就试试市场上的调味水，很多都不含卡路里，还添加了代糖或其他糖替代品。低糖果汁也可以补水。
3.休息一会儿——我们可以成为专注的大师，但最终我们还是需要休息一下。我们的大脑可能很难在每天8小时的时间里高度专注于某项任务。在这种情况下，最好把你的工作分成一个小时的部分，任务之间休息5-10分钟。这个短暂的休息可以让你的大脑在再次集中注意力之前得到休息。
lack of confidence and lack of focus are the 2 primary reasons we lose motivation.
*if you want to boost your confidence you have to follow these tips,
1. Be positive.Try to focus on your skills and talents as much as possible. Make a list of all your good qualities and don't dwell on what you perceive are your weaknesses. Building self esteem is about finding out what your strengths are and then developing and building on them. Your employer would not have given you a job if they did not recognize certain skills in you.
2. Take risks. It may sound ironic, but taking risks actually boosts your self-confidence. You just have to adopt the right attitude at the beginning. Assume responsibility for the risk and have clear ideas about where you are heading. Having a positive attitude towards risk-taking is a good way to make great strides forward.
3. Do not fear criticism. Do not be caught up in the emotions brought on by criticism. Your confidence should not be hurt by inflated words like "always" or "never". Do not go into immediate denial or counter-attack mode. Instead, consider the source and decide if the person really has the expertise or knowledge to make his or her comments. If you decide that the words are not just empty accusations, look at it as an opportunity to improve yourself. Forget trying to control what others think of you. Instead, control what you can -- your own thoughts and feelings.
Increase your focus by doing the following:
1.Limiting Daily Disruption and Demands on Your Time
Daily disruptions and ad-hoc requests are a huge problem for most people. We are constantly being pinged; by IM, email, text, cell phone, banners, pop-ups, etc. Rings, pings, and bells from your friends, family, and colleagues aren’t the only problem. Marketers via internet, television, and print ads are using sophisticated techniques informed by brain science to figure out how to grab your attention. If you have trained others that your are always available to respond to requests, you need to retrain them to expect something else. Make it clear to people when you will be available for ad hoc requests and when you aren’t.
2. Stay hydrated - Not only can not drinking enough water leave you sluggish, but your brain needs that hydration to keep you thinking clearly. Aim to get your recommended eight glasses of water daily. Keep a bottle full at your desk to sip throughout the day. If the thought of plain water doesn't appeal to you, try some of the flavored waters on the market, many with no calories and sweetened with Splenda or other sugar substitutes. Low sugar juices are okay for hydration as well.
3. Take short breaks – We can be masters at focusing, but eventually we're going to need a break. Our minds can struggle to focus intensely on tasks for eight hours a day. This is where it can be better to divide your work into one-hour segments, with a 5–10 minute break between tasks. This short break will allow your mind to rest before focusing again.
