Motivation Creates the Best Event Planners
Event planning can be tough. Without the right attitude and motivation, planning and executing a rich and memorable event is going to be a challenge. People who are self-motivated tend to be more organized, have good time-management-skills, more self-esteem, and confidence. Learn how to pull yourself out of a motivational slump, and keep a positive attitude towards future challenges.
Your success organizing events can be tied to your self-motivation. It is the power that drives us to keep moving ahead, and planning memorable business or private events. It pushes us to achieve our goals, feel fulfilled and improve the quality of life. Motivation can be split into four elements that make motivation what it is:
- Personal drive to achieve, the desire to improve or meet certain standards
- Commitment to personal or organizational goals
- Initiative, readiness to act on opportunities
- Optimism, the ability to keep going and pursue goals in the face of setbacks
Related post: 7 qualities every event planner should posssess
Money Or Fun?
To understand motivation, look at what motivates you to do the things you do. Motivation changes depending on the situation, time of day, where you are in life and etc. There are two types of motivation:
- Intrinsic, where someone performs an action or task based on the perceived or expected satisfaction of performing said action or task. Intrinsic factors include personal challenges and goals, being interested or having fun.
- Extrinsic, where someone performs an action or task in order to receive some sort of reward. Extrinsic factors include money, power, good marks, reputation and etc.
Both motivators have benefits depending on the recipient. You have properly heard the phrase “Find a job you love, and you will never have to work for the rest of your life”, and it seems to have some truth to it. Research from the University of Warwick shows that happy employees are 12% more productive. Maybe because the work environment or work is motivating
Mental Steps to Motivation
To be a success you need to know how to motivate yourself. You have to keep your spirits high no matter how discouraging a situation is. It’s the best way to overcome difficulties. Here are a few effective tips to build self-motivation.
- Use visual motivators: An inspirational quote or poster can keep you focused on a change you’re trying to make in your life. A cartoon or joke can help keep you from taking things too seriously.
- Keep positive friends: There are those that will support and build you up, and those that will always try to tear you down. Spend more time with the former.
- Learn and Acquire Knowledge: Pick up books, newspapers, websites, blogs, anything with information that teaches you something you didn’t already know. Play Trivial Pursuit or watch Jeopardy. Learn something new every day. There are no such things as useless facts. If it’s part of our world, it’s worth knowing.
- Positive self-talk: One of the most powerful influences on your attitude and personality is what you tell yourself every day. It is not what happens to you, but how you respond internally to those situations. Remember what we talked about Power of Warmth in the article about People Skills? By controlling your inner dialogue, or your “self-talk,” you can assert control over every part of your life.
- Get healthy: What’s good for the body is also good for the brain. Excercise reguarly or in small intervals help stimulating the brain with fresh hormones. Also sleep enough. Our society is chronically sleep-deprived, which negatively affects our thought processes. So along with “beauty sleep,” go for the “smart sleep.” I’m sure many event planners often feel sleepy.
- Keep a positive attitude: There’s is nothing more powerful for self-motivation than the right attitude. You can’t choose or control the circumstances you’re in, but can choose your attitude towards those circumstances.
- Take a break: You don’t have an endless supply of energy and drive. Now and again you need to take some time to recharge your emotional and spiritual batteries. Take a break to daydream and come up with new creative solutions.
- Share with others: Once you are self-motivated, start motivating others. If people catch your passion, you’ll find it will drive you to new heights of accomplishment. Support and encourage others, be the cheerleader. Remember the people skills tips; it’s about them. Share your experience, by being a mentor.
Music Stimulates Motivational Behavior
Music and movies can have a powerful effect on your motivational drive to achieve something. Even scientific studies prove a strong link between mood, motivation, and music. Most people have a song or a movie scene that fills them with an undescribeable rush. Think about how people listen to music to perform better in the gym, or while studying. While the boost might not be effective for long periods of time, it can help you get into the right “zone”, where you are totally focused on tackling the workload in your mailbox.
Set up a playlist with music or movie theme songs that fits you, and that will make you positive and pumped up, but don’t pick songs that will make you break out into singer. Try using music songs without vocals, since words can be a distraction. Below is a small list of different music that might help you get in the right motivational mood or pumped up. But remember, that more complex tasks can suffer from music with vocal, so try video game music. It is designed to boost concentration and adrenalin. without the listener being interrupted from trying to understand the vocals.
Steve Jablonsky – Arrival to Earth (Transformers Soundtrack)
James Newton Howard – Epilogue (I am Legend Soundtrack)
John Powell – Test drive (How to train your Dragon Soundtrack)
Howard Shore – The Ring goes South (Lord of the Rings I Soundtrack)
Howard Shore – The Fellowship (Lord of the Rings I Soundtrack)
Hans Zimmer – Time (Inception Soundtrack)
Hans Zimmer – Red Warrior (The Last Samurai Soundtrack)
Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard – Like a Dog chasing Cars (The Dark Knight Soundtrack)
Gustav Holst – Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets Suite)
U2 – It’s a Beautiful Day
Michael Jackson – Beat it
Michael Jackson – Man in the Mirror
U2 – Elevation
Katrina and the Waves – Walking on Sunshine
Bon Jovi – Unbreakable
Bon Jovi – It’s my Life
Elton John – I’m still standing
Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
Ace of Base – It’s a Beautiful Life
Paul Engemann – Push it to the Limit
Paul Hoffman – You’re Unstoppable
Jimi Jamison – I’ll be ready
Men at Work – A Land Down Under
The Rembrandts – I’ll be There For You
Toto – Africa
Smash Mouth – All Star
Cristina Aguilera – Fighter
Mariah Carey – Hero
Nickelback – Gotta be Somebody
Jana Stanfield – Born for Greatness
Emily Shackelton ft. David Cook – Dream Big
Tina Turner – Simply the Best
Jakata ft. Seal – My Vision
Hurts – Wonderful Life
Nelly Furtado – Manos al Aire
Shaggy – Hope
Johnny Nash – I can see clearly now
Des’ree – You gotta be
Jimmy Eat World – The Middle
Snap – I got the Power
Tupac – Me against the World
Eminem – Till I Collapse
Eminem – Loose Yourself
The Notorious B.I.G – Sky’s the Limit
The Notorious B.I.G ft. Puff Daddy – Victory
The Notorious B.I.G – Juicy
Nelly – Heart of a Champion
NAS ft. P.Diddy – Hate me now
NAS – Hero
NAS – I can
NAS – One Mic
50 Cent – Ready for War
50 Cent – Get Up
Kanye West – Good Friday
Kanye West – Touch the Sky
Kanye West – Go Hard
Kid Cudi – Heart of a Lion
Kid Cudi – Pursuit of Happiness
Kid Cudi – Up Up and Away
Jay-Z – Heart of a city
Jay-Z – Dirt Off Your Shoulders
Jay-Z ft. Mr. Hudson – Forever Young
NWA – Express Yourself
T.I. – No Matter What
Ghostface Killah – The Champ
Rick Ross – Push It
Outcast – Git Up, Git Out
Cypress Hill – Rock Superstar
MC Hush – All I got
Classified – All about you
Roy Jones Jr. – Can’t be touched
DMX ft. Fort Minor – Give me a Sign (Remix)
Fort Minor – Remember the Name
R. Kelly – I believe I can fly
Royce Da 5’9 – Can’t Nobody Stop Me
Flipside – Someday
Gym Class Heroes – Shoot Down The Stars
Ice Cube – You Can Do It
Magnetic North – Demons (remix)
Jose Quintero – 300 Violin Orchesta
Carl Orff – O Fortuna
Ennio Morricone – The Ecstasy of Gold
Bill Conti – Gonna Fly Now
Luis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World
Enya – Orinoco Flow
Pavarotti – Nessun Dorma
Tom Pulse – Cuando
Daft Punk – Harder Better Faster Stronger
Daft Punk – Around the World
David Guetta vs. David Bowie – Just For One Day (Heroes)
Tiësto – Power Mix
Big Ali – Neon Music
Guru Josh Project – Infinity
Dave Darell – Freeloader
Spencer & Hill – Housebeat
Eiffel 65 – Move Your Body
Phil Collins – Sussudio
Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight
Queen – We Will Rock You
Queen – We are the Champions
ACDC – Thunderstruck
Metallica – Enter Snadman
The Who – Pinball Wizard
Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
Europe – The Final Countdown
Van Halen – Right Now
Kenny Loggins – Danger Zone
Tom Cochrane & Red Rider – Life Is a Highway
Savage Garden – Affirmation
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Can’t Stop
Billy Talent – Red Flag
The Killers – When you were young
Blur – Song 2
Skillet – Awake and Alive
Breaking Benjamin – I will not bow
P.O.D. – Boom
Linkin Park – In the End
Pillar – Frontline
Blue October – Jump Rope
Paul Stanley – Live to Win
All American Rejects – Move Along
Drowning Pool – Let the Bodies hit the Floor
Rise Against – Prayer of the Refugee
Disturbed – Down with the Sickness
Dope – Survive
Pantera – 5 Minutes Alone
Rob Zombie – Dragula
Amon Amarth – Gods of War Arise
Nine Inch Nails – Wish
Dope Stars Inc – Bang Your Head
Probot – Shake Your Blood
Saliva – Ladies and Gentlemen
Skillet – Monster
Skillet – Hero
ACDC – Highway to Hell
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