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On Choosing the Right Motivator
If you’re struggling to stick to your resolution, perhaps the only motivation you have is the extrinsic type, driven by money, fame, or prizes. This type of motivation isn’t bad per se; what’s bad is when it’s the only thing that keeps you going
Whenever you’re setting new goals, go beyond mere external rewards.Instead, support your self-discipline with intrinsic motivators — internal rrewards such as doing something out of a need to grow as a person, achieve more independence, realize your full potential, enjoy yourself, learn, or explore.
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Only If You Realise That Beginnings Are Slow For Everybody
If you think of your goal as a steep hill, imagine how ridiculous it would be to stop midway just because you’re slowly scrambling up instead of sprinting all ttheway to the top. That’s precisely what people do when they start working on a goal and realize that the journey will take longer than they expected.
What difference does it make that reaching a goal takes you longer than you planned.Will you retreat to the bottom and forever stare at its peak, frustrated by the dissatisfying pace of the climb?
Another assumption is that if something is slow in the beginning it will stay that way
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These are taken from the book 365 days with self discipline by Martin Meadows
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