Motivated Thinking: The Secret To Getting Started
I used to feel like my fickle motivation was a complete mystery. Sometimes I’d be obsessive and have an unstoppable enthusiasm. Most of the time I couldn’t bring myself to get off the metaphorical couch (because let’s be honest, you play Skyrim in a chair). That all changed in 2012 when I decided to change […]
Forget Self Discipline, Do This Instead (Part 3/3)
The last two posts have gotten a lot of attention, and reached over 30k people, with lots of good discussion in the comments. Let’s jump into it! If You Missed It: A Quick Recap In Part 1, you learned about the massive influence your environment, both physical environment (Think how loud your work environment is, or […]
Forget Self Discipline, Do This Instead (Part 2/3)
NOTE: It’s been about 7 months since I wrote this article and it needs to be updated. There are more effective, universal theories that work more consistently. What holds true is that Motivation Is About Emotion. Specifically 13 types of motivating emotional responses. Of those, 6 are roughly covered here. At the age of 15, I hated myself. I […]
Forget Self Discipline, Do This Instead (Part 1/3)
I had always assumed that I was a lazy idiot who couldn’t get anything done. I really wanted to create an amazing life. I wanted to release the frustration I felt every day. I wanted to do the things that I knew would change my life for the better. I wanted to work out, meditate, […]