Sometimes you are excited to learn, but you still avoid getting started. You may worry about the fear of failure, feedback, or performing. If you expose yourself to the thing you find unpleasant and nothing bad happens, your fear will lessen.

Reframing is often helpful in overcoming this problem. Begin each studying session with the idea that you will find it hard.

There are three common patterns to the problem of motivation:

• Drive: You don't have a strong enough desire to learn.
• Anxiety: You have a strong aversion to learning.
• Distraction: You have something else that draws y...