How can I motivate myself?
Many of us struggle to motivate ourselves to carry out certain tasks, from hanging up the washing to writing a job application. How can we best motivate ourselves?
Many of us struggle to motivate ourselves to carry out certain tasks, from hanging out the washing to writing a job application. How can we best motivate ourselves? And how can we avoid procrastination? Listener Moses in Uganda wants to find out. Presenter Anand Jagatia puts the science to the test as he trains and participates in an open water swimming race which Marnie Chesterton has kindly volunteered him for.
Presented by Anand Jagatia and Marnie Chesterton
Produced by Caroline Steel for the BBC World Service
(Photo: Yes you can, motivational message written on a sandy beach. Credit: Getty Images)
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Five ways to motivate yourself
Duration: 01:04
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- Fri 23 Aug 201919:32GMTBBC World Service except South Asia
- Sat 24 Aug 201923:32GMTBBC World Service
- Mon 26 Aug 201904:32GMTBBC World Service Online, UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet & Europe and the Middle East only
- Mon 26 Aug 201905:32GMTBBC World Service Australasia, Americas and the Caribbean & South Asia only
- Mon 26 Aug 201906:32GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & East Asia only
- Mon 26 Aug 201910:32GMTBBC World Service West and Central Africa
- Mon 26 Aug 201913:32GMTBBC World Service Australasia
- Mon 26 Aug 201917:32GMTBBC World Service South Asia
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