Demotivate Yourself Now – Five Easy Ways

This Locomotive Could Really Demotivate

“I think I can’t, I think I can’t…”
from the Little Train that Couldn’t

I like easy.  In this series we’re going to follow the path of least resistance and attack motivation from the back door as we explore five easy ways to demotivate yourself.

Many people, if not most, have no problem bemoaning the things they can’t do and the things they don’t want.  Law of Attraction calls this contrast.  It’s the main reason why so many lives are derailed.

Before we attempt to get this train back on track, I want you to understand that this is going to be a tongue-in-cheek look at how to demotivate yourself.  Unfortunately, there’s no way you can read my sarcasm unless I point it out.  Or unless you’re green like me. 

This is meant to be a fun post.  However, if you see yourself in any of these five easy ways to demotivate yourself, now you know that you need to do the exact opposite as George did in one of the funniest Seinfeld episodes of all time.

The Opposite of Motivate is Demotivate

“If you can believe it, you can achieve it.”

And that’s the problem right there.  Too many people really BELIEVE they CAN’T achieve what they say they want.  But let’s look at the bright side – the contrast – the opposite.  These people are the masters of our 5th technique in our five easy ways to demotivate yourself.

So the next time you get this weird feeling in the pit of your stomach to get off your slack backside and actually do something, here’s the first of five easy ways to justify staying right there in your little comfy zone.

#5 – Hang Out with Low Achievers

One of the main influences in your life is the people you choose to hang out with, be they in real life, on TV or through practically any media at your disposal.

In order to demotivate yourself, you must pick people who have no goals or dreams and who don’t hide the fact that they are envious of anyone and everyone who has them.

Read books, newspapers and magazines filled with gossip and trash talk… that is, if you read at all.

Spend all your time watching ‘Reality TV’.  No effort involved on your part; just soak up those nasty influences automatically through osmosis.

You can spot low achievers by the way they talk.  Listen for cues like:

• I wonder how many people he had to step on to get where he is
• With money like that, he must be dealing drugs
• I don’t have much but I’m happier that way
  
• I never get a break
  
• People who are rich are snobs; it’s all for show, baby – all for show

Yup, hang out as much as possible with people like this and in no time you’ll see, you really can demotivate yourself.

I’ll see you tomorrow when we continue our countdown of the five easy ways to demotivate yourself.

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