Set yourself goals. My wife is a professional speaker and also does goal setting workshops for businesses as well as another business and mine too (accountants bills are huge)
Anyway.... where was i .... oh yeah .....
If you dont set goals you dont have anything to work to / work for (apart from the living part). Set yourself 1,3,6,12 monthly goals that are achieveable (maybe with a little graft - but nothing thats near impossible). Even if you dont hit it on the date you set i bet you wont be far off.
At home we have a vision boards of things we want at various stages (the board is 9ft x 4ft). At the moment its taken up by a big plan my wife has of one of her businesses (will get a pic up) We have others dotted around the house we can see on a daily basis.
If you find an insirational quote that makes you think YEAH !!!! print it out and put it somewhere you look every morning before work.... it will motivate you.
Things ive knocked off my boards are a cleaner, my own business, motorbikes, holidays & even customers.
My goal for March next year is to get a van.
Within the next two months i want my own gutter vac
I have a yearly goal of going to see my mum each August (she and my sister live in the channel islands)
These are not MASSIVE goals, but things I work to that keep my motivation up. When i have a bad day i look at my boards and the dates and think if i carry on like this i wont get it ... makes me more motivated because i really want these things.
Hope my rant helps someone