How to Motivate Yourself When You Cannot Go On

Resilience to complete a future goal is futile. Instead, ask yourself: "How can I be more resilient in the next hour?"

Be determined with the small steps for an hour, then again for the next hour. The compound effect of your actions over time will produce surprising results.

Distractions interfere with your willpower. And willpower gets tired as it gets used. Your resilience will increase when you reduce distractions.

Batch your work by grouping similar tasks together and working on them. Create a slot to batch deep work. Emails can be batched with phone calls.

Increase the gaps between days of low productivity. Fill those gaps with constructive days. That way, you won’t berate yourself for a bad day. Instead, you’ll reflect on where you went wrong, and correct it the next time around.

If you do slip back, ask  yourself,"How can I make the most of the next hour?"

Look back to remind yourself of the time when you were stuck, where you felt low or doubted yourself. You are alive and stronger than ever.

Remind yourself of those times, and tell yourself you'll do it again.

Life isn’t what you enjoy when you get somewhere. It's about the journey, the highs and the lows, the victories, and defeats. Resilience keeps you going through all your good and bad times.

Don’t train yourself to stay motivated. Instead, train yourself to become resilient. You cannot master resilience after doing it once. It’s a lifelong process.