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  1. The problem with motivation being (essentially) an emotional state (or a place we get to in our head) is that it's temporary. And when the motivation disappears (which it will because our emotions and mental state fluctuate from day to day and moment to moment), then so do the new-found (desirable) behaviours. In other words, we lose momentum. We stop doing what we need to do to create the outcomes (realities) we so desperately desire. For others, motivation is simply a reason to (have to) do something. "I've gotta work 'cause I have five kids.... I'm not particularly excited about that... don't love it... just needs to be done." "I exercise three times a week because I don't want to die from a heart attack like my father did." The truth is that most of us alternate between can't-be-bothered, kinda-motivated and totally-in-the-zone... for much of our lives. Many of us step in and out of 'motivation' on a daily (if not, hourly) basis. If we only do the things we need to do (to create our desired outcomes and achieve our goals) when we feel like it... then we'll never achieve much because we'll be perpetually starting and stopping. After all, nobody feels motivated (excited, pumped, positive, focused, in-the-zone) permanently.
  2. The problem with motivation being (essentially) an emotional state (or a place we get to in our head) is that it's temporary. And when the motivation disappears (which it will because our emotions and mental state fluctuate from day to day and moment to moment), then so do the new-found (desirable) behaviours. In other words, we lose momentum. We stop doing what we need to do to create the outcomes (realities) we so desperately desire. For others, motivation is simply a reason to (have to) do something. "I've gotta work 'cause I have five kids.... I'm not particularly excited about that... don't love it... just needs to be done." "I exercise three times a week because I don't want to die from a heart attack like my father did." The truth is that most of us alternate between can't-be-bothered, kinda-motivated and totally-in-the-zone... for much of our lives. Many of us step in and out of 'motivation' on a daily (if not, hourly) basis. "I can't be bothered today" is a line I've heard thousands of times in my job. "Do it anyway" I say. "But I'm not motivated!" "So do it... despite your lack of motivation." "Perhaps in the doing... you'll get motivated!" "It's not normal... but it is possible." And the amazing thing about doing 'stuff', the stuff we know we should do (even when we're not 'motivated to do it') is that once it's done, we're SO glad we did it (and we usually discover we actually are legitimately motivated after we've done it)... and then we also discover we've developed some new getting-crap-done-even-when-we-don't-feel-like-it skills!
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