How to Increase Motivation Duration

A hundred years ago, it was much easier to motivate people. You could switch people from an hourly rate to a piece-rate system, where they would be motivated to do repetitive tasks faster. But in the knowledge or creative work economy, those tasks are becoming rare.

Richard Ryan and Edward...

Motivation often follows action. If you just do something immediately without stopping to think about why you don't want to do it, you will succeed better.

• Next time you don't like doing a minor task, ask yourself: what is the next step I nee...

• Create a morning ritual
• Having a to-do list first thing in the morning will keep you motivated and energized throughout the day
• Follow the 80/20 rule
• 20% of tasks produce 80% of results
• Learn to single-task
• There's nothing wrong with multi-taskin...