Occassionally I influence external forces to push me into a behavior or situational change.  I always do this with cautious consideration of the risks.

Surprisingly I have found this to be an effective way to leverage my self awareness toward motivating positive change -my own change that is.

For example reinvigorating your carreer

Often circumstances, (for example dependents, debt, self worth)  can act as deterents to personal changes.

Wanting to change your job or even type of work you do (a full carreer change) can be daunting.  Desire can provide motivation but sometimes it is just not enough and the blocking factors act as an override.

Sometimes you probably just want to stay in bed with your pillow wrapped around your head.  Usually you overcome the lethargy and get up.  However on occassion you need help, someone pours water on you or pulls the sheets away. Up you jump.

Driving desired action

Consider a person in a job they don’t enjoy, perhaps even dislike, but can’t motivate themselves to find another.  This is a great opportunity to leverage the help of others.

Behave badly.  Increasingly so if needed.  Ultimately this forces some change.  Maybe an offer of retirement, an open invitation to leave (perhaps even a forceful one).

You create motivation and the change is made and like the action pouring of cold water on your head or removal of your sheets you have to jump up and do something.

This is just an example but forcing a job change would not be recommended as a starting place for this technique, I would work up to it before trying (if appyling to this extreme situation at all).

Think it over

If you are in a place of lethargy, unable to resolve/ motivate a change yourself, give this approach some thought.  I can testify from experience , this works.  The word of caution is there are some risks and things might not always proceed as you planned (so be careful).