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Are You Using Motivation All Wrong?
Chances are, the answer is yes…and it is keeping you from accomplishing a ton! Here is one way to change that.
The first thing that people will often say you need to accomplish something is motivation. They will tell you that you have to “be motivated” about it; that you have to want it, you have to want to do it, or want to accomplish it to do anything.
While that is true, here is where a lot of people get tripped up with motivation. They think that in order to continue making things happen, they have to “sustain” that motivation. That is why, when we stop do things we said we wanted to do, we say things like, “I lost my motivation” or “I need to get motivated again to start.”
Want to know a secret? That is completely incorrect.
Here’s what you need to know; motivation is the initial spark. But, once that initial spark happens, it does not play much of a role (if any) in your accomplishments. That is when things like habits and routines take over.
Think about it this way…when you get into your car, turn the key (or push the button), and engage the ignition, what happens? You create a spark that starts the car. Your car is now ready to drive. But once you have turned the key, that spark doesn’t do anything else. It doesn’t help you drive. It doesn’t help you shift the transmission…
