Motivation is a tricky thing. Whether you're an entrepreneur, a student, a stay-at-home parent, or a worker bee in a large corporation, you know that motivation comes in a schedule of fleeting, unplanned waves. At some point, caffeine simply doesn't cut it.

When it comes to motivation, we generally understand that it either flows from within us or from an external source, such as a boss-intrinsic and extrinsic. But, it's important to think deeper than just these two overarching categories. After all, simply realizing that checking your email as an entrepreneur needs to come from within doesn't actually make you want to check your email any more.