Resources and Support for MotivAider Users

NOTE: Resources of special interest to teachers, parents and others using the MotivAider for the benefit of children are shown in red.

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Guided Help Getting Started

• This tutorial will take you step by step through the process of using your MotivAider to make a change you want to make.
  Launch the tutorial now.

Register your MotivAider

• Although we encourage registration because we like to know who's using the MotivAider for what purpose(s), registration is optional, and failure to register will in no way affect your ability to receive warranty service or any other type of customer support.
  Open MotivAider Registration page in a new window

Sign Up for Announcements, Updates & Tips

• Join the MotivAider User e-mail list

• Join the Help Kids Change e-mail list instead of the MotivAider User List if you're working with kids.

Get Basic Operating Instructions

• Misplaced the operating instructions that came with your MotivAider? These basic instructions will get you back in business.

  Current (SILVER) model Download MotivAider Operating Instructions (PDF)
  Dutch version (Courtesy of Stef De Beurs) Download Dutch version (PDF)
  Previous (GREY) model Download Operating Instructions for previous MotivAider Model (PDF)

Troubleshooting Help

• If your MotivAider doesn't seem to be working properly, these instructions may help you correct the problem. Download MotivAider Troubleshooting PDF

• Not noticing some of the MotivAider's signals? Learn when missing signals is a problem and what you can do to solve it. Open Missing Some of the MotivAider's Signals in a new window

• Unable to solve the problem on your own? Don't worry.
  Email or call us at 1-800-356-1506 and we'll take care of it.

Download Free User's Guides

• The Complete Guide to the MotivAider Personal Achievement System
  This is the original comprehensive guide. It will show you how to use the MotivAider to make changes in virtually any area of your life. Download The Complete Guide to the MotivAider Personal Achievement System (PDF)

• Helping Kids Change Their Own Behavior
  This concise guide shows teachers, parents and other helpers how to help kids change their own behavior. Download Helping Kids Change (PDF)

Get Guidance and Inspiration

• Goals You Can Achieve With the MotivAider
  Looking for ideas? See what kinds of goals people have achieved with the MotivAider.
  Open MotivAider Uses in a new window

• How To Create Effective Personal Messages
  Learn how to create personal messages that maximize the MotivAider's effectiveness.
  Open Creating MotivAider Messages in a new window

• How To Craft Effective Motivating Messages
  Learn about the art of crafting personal messages that are specifically designed to keep you motivated.
  Open How to Craft Effective Motivating Messages in a new window

• How to Present the MotivAider to a Young Child
  Learn how to present the MotivAider to children in a way that maximizes the MotivAider's effectiveness.
  Open How to Present the MotivAider to a Young Child in a new window

• Deciding How Often to Send Signals
  See guidelines that will help you decide how often to send signals.
  Open Deciding How Often to Send Signals in a new window

• When and How to Phase Out the MotivAider
  Learn when and how to stop using the MotivAider for a given purpose.
  Open When and How to Phase Out the MotivAider in a new window

• When and How to Phase Out the MotivAider (Children)
  Learn when and how to stop using the MotivAider for a given purpose.
  Open When and How to Phase Out the MotivAider (Children) in a new window

Help Customizing the MotivAider's Operation

• Help with Advanced Settings
  Get instructions for customizing the MotivAider to satisfy your unique needs and preferences.
  Open MotivAider Advanced Settings in a new window

  If you'd rather not mess with written instructions, just call us at 1-800-356-1506 for a telephone walk-through of the MotivAider's advanced settings. We'd be happy to help.

• Learn about the new MotivAider's random intervals feature
  Instructions for using the new random intervals feature.
  Open MotivAider Random Signals in a new window

Help Introducing the MotivAider to Others

• Changing Habits: The Missing Link
  This video (about 4 minutes long) explains why people often fail to make intended changes in their own behavior and habits, and it demonstrates how the MotivAider can help.
  Open MotivAider Demo in a new window

• Help Kids Change Their Own Behavior (Video)
  This video (about 2 1/2 minutes long) demonstrates how the MotivAider helps children change their own behavior and habits.
  Open Help Kids Change Demo in a new window

• Help Kids Change Their Own Behavior (Downloadable self-paced PDF slideshow)
  This downloadable PDF slideshow demonstrates how the MotivAider helps children change their own behavior and habits.
  Open Help Kids Change Slideshow (PDF) in a new window (This is large file, so please be patient)

• The MotivAider's Features and Benefits
  Concise information about the MotivAider's features and benefits.
  Open MotivAider Features & Benefits in a new window

Learn About Following Through

• Learn about the critically acclaimed book that will change forever the way you think about and treat your own good intentions.
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• NEW! Get free guided help in developing a personal follow through plan. Based on the ideas in Following Through, this online tutorial will show you how to develop a plan for following through on any good intention you choose. (Page opens in a new window)
   
  
• Watch a 17 minute 2-part presentation entitled "Why the Human Mind Should be Recalled: Exploring the Great Disconnect Between Intentions and Action." Narrated by the MotivAider's inventor, this thought-provoking presentation explains why we often do such a lousy job of following through on our own good intentions, why poor follow through is such a big problem, and what we as individuals and society as a whole can do to solve it.
  Open Why the Human Mind Should Be Recalled in a new window.
   
  
• Listen to radio and web interviews with Dr. Steve Levinson.
   
  
• Read Dr. Levinson's published articles about following through.(Opens in a new window)
  "I've Got the Power: Ways to Make Yourself Follow Through"
  "How To Get To The Finish Line: What’s Keeping You From Following Through"
  "Conquer Procrastination: Help From An Old Enemy"
  See articles published at SelfGrowth.com. (Opens in new windwow)

Contact us - We're eager to help!

• Have a question? Hit a snag? Not sure how to get the results you want? Please, please, please don't hesitate to contact us.

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