Motivation is a person’s will to continue working towards a specific goal. It is central to the creativity, productivity, and potential of a specific person.

It is natural to lose motivation while working on the same thing for a long period. To keep producing better results it is important to remain motivated.

Admission Land prepared a list of 10 major reasons for demotivation and how to resolve then.

1. Demotivation due to Fear:

Fear is what makes you careful and hesitant and slows you down. Sometimes fear is only imaginative and can prevent you from moving into a desirable and safe territory.

To remain motivated, deal with your fear. Say these fears loud in open, thank them for being there to protect you, and then ask questions like how realistic a fear is. This practice will help you to get away from your fears.

2. Wrong Goals and Motivation:

Sometimes you can set goals based on the social self that are not in conformity with your personality. In such cases, you will be demotivated as two different forces are working against each other within you.

To get out of such a situation, spend some time to review your goals. See how your body is responding to these goals. If there is any sign of constricting or tightness, you need to scrap those goals and set new ones.

3. Demotivation due to Lack of Clarity:

You have ambitions to create something but it is not clear and familiar. That ambiguity can create demotivation. It is human nature to resist what is unfamiliar and if you have some vague goals that will be the case here.

It is important to create and articulate a specific and clear vision of what you want to do. It will help you in remaining motivated for the task.

4. Demotivation due to Values Conflict:

Values conflict means that you have more than one value that is important for you. But in a particular situation, you can’t satisfy all these values. It creates opposite forces inside you that demotivate you from doing what you want to do.

To ease the internal conflict and get your motivation back, you need to play a mediator role. Try to create a win-win situation for your inner self.

5. Lack of Autonomy and Demotivation:

Autonomy and independence of decision-making is important in sustaining the motivation. If there is a lack of autonomy and restriction to decide during a task, you can lose the motivation.

To resolve this issue, you need to evaluate how much autonomy you need and how you can gradually introduce more autonomy to increase motivation. If you are employed, you should discuss it with your manager.

6. Lack of Challenge and Demotivation:

Performing the same task day in, day out becomes boring for most of the people. The task becomes so easy and there is no challenge in performing demotivates a person.

To get yourself motivated again, review the task again, and add a few challenging parts in it to keep yourself engaged. Working on a more challenging project will also help.

7. Demotivation due to Grief:

Death and rebirth is a phase of change that is described by Martha Back. You go through the grief of losing the things if there is a significant change. Another type of grief can be a trauma or some personal loss as well. This grief can dry up the motivation and it is normal in humans.

You cannot get out of the grief easily, so you need to give time to get it settled. It takes a lot of time to get motivated again after the grief.

8. Demotivation and Loneliness:

Loneliness is another cause of getting demotivated. This is more important for the people who work alone from home. Having no one around to chat while working can increase the frustration and hurt the motivation a big deal.

To get it settled, it is always better to take a break and spend some time with your social network.

9. Demotivated by Burnout:

Burnout is another reason that hampers the motivation. It means you are overdoing a specific task you are interested in. It makes you tired and demotivated.

Rest and sleep are the options to get out of burnout.

10. Fuzzy Next Steps and Demotivation:

Sometimes, the end goal is very clear. But as you have not broken down the project is small chunks and steps, you may not have clarity on what to do next, once a specific task is completed. This is called the fuzzy step and it can cause demotivation.

The solution for it is to break the projects in small steps and chalk out a procedure to achieve each step during execution.