Being instantly motivated to do various tasks in our lives can be challenging if we perceive doing them as pulling an elephant up a hill. You know the ones I am talking about. Cleaning out the closet, preparing the tax return or simply doing the laundry can freeze you in your seat at times and leave you feeling helpless. Well, here is an exercise to let go of the elephant you’re pulling and it’s called “The Godiva Pattern” (we’ll call it the Thortons Pattern for the UK readers_

1. Get comfortable and see yourself in your mind’s eye, looking at something you wildly desire, such as Thortons Chocolates. Feel how strong your desire is. Your are associating yourself with the picture and the desire.

2. Recite your phone number backwards. This will break your train of thought, feelings and desire so you can go to the next step.

3. Get a disassociated picture of yourself doing a task that you need to do and have come to terms with doing it.

4. Check to see if you have any strong objections to doing the task and if so, try to put it in the proper context. If you can’t, chose a different task.

5. Now, hold the task picture in your mind and put the pleasure picture behind it. Quickly make a hole in the center of the task picture big enough to see the pleasure picture, so that it has the pleasure effect you desire. When you get that strong desire pulling though, quickly shrink the hole. Shrink the hole only as fast as you can maintain the desire. Repeat this 3 to 5 more times as quickly as you can.

The idea is bring the pleasure and desire of the first picture to the task picture. How do you feel about doing the task now? Work with this technique to bring instant motivation into your life and have fun with all you do.