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Find Your Hot Button

Posted Nov 29 2008 12:26pm

What Is Your Hot Button?

Your Hot Button:

makes you take action
keeps you motivated
helps you to push yourself
leads to increased effort and sacrifice
is connected to a personal 'want'

Yes, you have one. Everyone has a hot button, but the key is uncoveringwhat it is and when to hit it!

Needs Versus Wants

The key component to the hot button is identifying the 'want' that will elicit an emotional response, primarily in terms of taking and maintaining action. When finding your hot button its important to for you to know that there is a difference between needs versus wants, as you may confuse the two, making the hot button less effective.

Examples of Needs:

I need to lose 20 pounds
I need to lower my blood pressure
I need to strength train a couple times per week

Examples of Wants:

I need to lose 20 pounds because I want to look good at my high school reunion

I need to lower my blood pressure because I don't want to be on medication

I need to strength train because I want to tone up my butt is sagging as I age

The 'want' is the answer to the question 'Why?' See the difference between the two?

The want makes you spring into action because its something you can visualize and feeling. Losing 20 lbs. doesn't get you motivated, but thinking about how you will look and feel in front of old friends and flames at your reunion will!

When To Hit The Hot Button

Anytime you need a boost of motivation, persuasion, or inspiration. Feel like eating that second cookie, think about the up coming reunion. Don't feel like running another mile, remember the dress you are going to wear to the reunion. Can't do another squat, then you can't even think about impressing your high school crush.

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