Motivation Engine in 3 parts

Core. Your purpose. It is sustained by two things: Having Meaning, and Forward Movement.
Support. What enables your goals. They can magnify the motivation core you have, or speed up the momentum that you build.
Surface. Any type of external recognition that might give you motivation.

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6 Tips To Get Motivated When You're Feeling Depressed

A common response to identifying lifestyle changes that might make a depressed person feel better is, "Easier said than done." Someone coping with depression may get what she's supposed to do, but the question is how? After all, depression kills motivation, energy, interest, and focus.

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Get Motivated

Set SMALL AND SPECIFIC GOALS that will not make you feel anxious and overwhelmed.
Practice self-compassion. Try to use the same encouraging words you might use ...

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Motivation: The Scientific Guide on How to Get and Stay Motivated

Motivation is a powerful, yet tricky beast. Sometimes it is really easy to get motivated, and you find yourself wrapped up in a whirlwind of excitement. Other times, it is nearly impossible to figure out how to motivate yourself and you're trapped in a death spiral of procrastination.

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The essence of motivation

Every choice has a price, but when we are motivated, it is easier to bear the inconvenience of action than the pain of remaining the same.

In other words, at some point, it becomes more...

Active inspiration

Motivation is often the result of action, not the cause of it. Getting started, even in very small ways, is a form of active inspiration that naturally produces momentum.

The Physics of productivity

Newton’s First Law applied to habit formation: Objects in motion tend to stay in motion.

Once a task has begun, it is easier to continue moving it forward. In other words, it is often easier to finish a task than it was to start it in the first place.

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How to Get Motivated When You Don't Feel Like It

You've probably noticed that it's hard to be motivated all the time. No matter what you are working on, there are bound to be days when you don't feel like showing up. There will be workouts that you don't feel like starting. There will be reports that you don't feel like writing.

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How to Get Motivated

Develop a Routine. Create a series of events that you always perform before doing a specific task.

Step 1: Start by doing something so easy that you can't say no to it.

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