{"id":147186,"date":"2025-05-11T16:03:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T14:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pravaformula.hr\/izdrzi-jos-malo\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T20:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:07:35","slug":"hold-on-a-little-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pravaformula.hr\/en\/hold-on-a-little-longer\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold On a Little Longer\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-146609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pravaformula.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/to-do-lista-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pravaformula.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/to-do-lista-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pravaformula.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/to-do-lista-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pravaformula.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/to-do-lista-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pravaformula.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/to-do-lista-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.pravaformula.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/to-do-lista-uai-720x514.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.pravaformula.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/to-do-lista.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"hr-HR\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>need for achievement<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> is a learned psychological need\u2014the desire to reach a standard of excellence or experience success. Experiencing achievement regularly is essential to wellbeing and is a core element of the <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>PERMA model<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> (A \u2013 Achievement).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"hr-HR\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Achievement can come from work tasks, hobbies, or learning new skills. We experience it whenever we reach a goal. To sustain motivation, it helps to break long-term goals into smaller steps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"hr-HR\"><span lang=\"en-US\">We should avoid goals that are too easy or too difficult. Achievement motivation is highest when tasks are <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>moderately challenging<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">\u2014challenging enough to engage us, but attainable enough to avoid discouragement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"hr-HR\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Small steps may feel insignificant, but they enable meaningful progress. As Lao Tzu said:<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>\u201cA journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"hr-HR\"><span lang=\"en-US\">If you\u2019d like to explore this topic further, contact us at <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>pravaformula@pravaformula.hr<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sources<\/p>\n<p>Beck, R. (2003). Motivacija: teorija i na\u010dela. Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.<\/p>\n<p>Reeve, J. (2010). Razumijevanje motivacije i emocija. Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do we feel so tired and demotivated at this time of year? The beginning of the year feels far away, as does our next vacation. Do we see results yet\u2014or are we still in the tunnel? Let\u2019s hold on a little longer. Clarity and satisfaction will follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hold On a Little Longer\u2026 - Prava formula<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pravaformula.hr\/en\/hold-on-a-little-longer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hold On a Little Longer\u2026 - Prava formula\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Why do we feel so tired and demotivated at this time of year? 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