When motivation doesn't move you to action - Deepstash
When motivation doesn't move you to action

When motivation doesn't move you to action

When we're unproductive or wasting our time, we like to tell ourselves we're missing motivation.  We intuitively think that we need this motivation to give us the spark to get started. 

However, we can reframe and restructure our lives so that we never need to worry about motivation again.

38

370 reads

CURATED FROM

IDEAS CURATED BY

elizabetlo

Health promotion specialist

Debunking some of the popular myths around motivation.

The idea is part of this collection:

No More Broke

Learn more about videos with this collection

Identifying and eliminating unnecessary expenses

How to negotiate better deals

Understanding the importance of saving

Related collections

Similar ideas to When motivation doesn't move you to action

Theories of motivation

  • Rational motivation, which reflects our preferences. We're motivated by the opportunities we can notice.
  • Biased motivation. We often ignore obvious ways to better our lives because we're short-sighted and lazy. We may be better off boosting our mot...

The story you want to hear

We often tell ourselves a story while ignoring the truth. Reasons we do this is:

  • To protect ourselves or others. Ignoring the truth is a defence mechanism. We'd rather believe a lie than own up to our own weakness.
  • Because the truth ...

It is natural to feel afraid

The emotion we feel when we see a fire is the same feeling we have when we need to have a difficult conversation - it keeps us safe.

We will never stop being scared in this world. Fear doesn't make you weak. But if we give fear power in our lives, it can stop us from doing what we'...

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Personalized microlearning

100+ Learning Journeys

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates