| Most people will tell you that, in order to reach peak | | | | take action, or is it just an outer shell? If it's a true |
| performance, you have to motivate yourself. Well, let | | | | motivation from within yourself, retain the motivation, if |
| me disagree. I am here to tell you today that the best | | | | it's somebody else's, discard it. Simple and effective. |
| motivation for peak performance can be | | | | Note that this is just a safety measure. I usually |
| anti-motivation. Motivation itself can actually be harmful | | | | consider interior motivation to be true and exterior |
| in some cases. It's a double-edged sword you have to | | | | motivation to not feel so true. If you are the kind of |
| use carefully. Why? Let's check it out in detail. What is | | | | person that can hear about others' achievements and |
| the whole point of motivation? If we look at it in depth, | | | | still act with perfect confidence and discipline as if it |
| motivation only serves to help you reach something. | | | | were yourself, by all means do it. It's just most people |
| You don't just get motivated. You get motivated to do | | | | don't consider exterior motivation that truthful after |
| something. So, if you don't do that something, it's no | | | | some time, and this is the way to prevent that. |
| use being motivated. | | | | There are certain tasks where I purposefully kill the |
| We might do something because we like it, because | | | | motivation. Sometimes I want to jog. I can only jog for |
| we must do it, or a similar reason. However, with | | | | 30m. However, if I watch a video about sports where |
| important things in life, most things are things we MUST | | | | the speaker shows he can run up to 2 hours straight, |
| do. And we must do them even if it creates | | | | I'm pumped, I have that motivation as if I could run 2 |
| discomfort in ourselves. Being motivated in this case | | | | hours myself. If I retain that motivation I'm probably |
| might be harmful. It erases our musts. It creates | | | | going to have an unpleasant surprise after 20m of |
| comfort and doesn't oblige us to do what we must do. | | | | jogging. Oh boy. So before I start I cut the motivation. I |
| However, if you're feeling pretty bad, motivation can | | | | get my feet down to earth and ask myself: Is this |
| be a pretty good weapon. It can lead you and help | | | | realistic? Does this motivation have a base? |
| you maintain the mindset to complete a task. If you're | | | | Sometimes I make negative presuppositions. I'm worse |
| feeling down, being motivated can be a lifesaver. So, | | | | than ever. I can't jog even 5m. Motivation might break |
| when should motivation be used? | | | | that connection between you and reality, and you have |
| It's pretty easy to figure out. If you're the kind of | | | | to connect it back. |
| person who tends to not take action when he's | | | | Newbie mistake. I am not talking about goals. People |
| comfortable, by all means be motivated. If you feel | | | | will say, don't have realistic goals. Try weird, |
| being motivated slowly eats away at your discipline, | | | | megalomaniac things. I agree. It's not your goals that |
| then don't become motivated. It's that simple. Even | | | | should be realistic. Your goals should be megalomaniac, |
| though it's not done that much nowadays, in the past | | | | but they should be done in a realistic manner. If you |
| self-help teachers and coaches used to promote | | | | want me to simplify it, I would say: If motivation drives |
| positive thinking and needless motivation. We've come | | | | you to action, use it. If it doesn't, discard it. Sometimes |
| to realize it doesn't work that easily. In conclusion, I'd | | | | you have to do a task you hate. And motivation will |
| say, only be motivated if it contributes to the task. If it | | | | only create empty fantasy space in your head and not |
| doesn't, drop the motivation. | | | | contribute to your completion of the task. So discard it. |
| You have to make the shift from focusing on | | | | Other times the motivation will be spot on, you will |
| something external to focusing on yourself. If someone | | | | realize "Yes, this is exactly what I was looking for to |
| motivates you it's like you have an external shell of | | | | drive me". Then use it. If motivation makes you act, use |
| motivation. It's belonging to somebody else's. So it | | | | it. If it doesn't, discard it. Sometimes it's not easy. |
| doesn't lead you to take action. If you feel motivated | | | | Motivation makes you feel good. Breaking that state of |
| deep inside yourself, you're lead to take action. Most | | | | motivation makes you feel the cold of the wind and |
| exterior motivation comes in the form of hearing about | | | | look at dirt of the ground once again. But life's not fluffy |
| others' achievements, empty motivational phrases, and | | | | or warm all the time. Many times, when you have to |
| others. Interior motivation comes in the form of you | | | | take action, you have to get down and dirty. So do it. |
| knowing you can do it, you remembering past | | | | Harness that skill and you will control your emotions, |
| successes, and others. | | | | your capability for action, and achieve peak |
| So, whenever you are being motivated, double check. | | | | performance almost immediately. |
| Is this motivation resonating with me, am I driven to | | | | |