It's not.
Everyone already has enough motivation to be successful.
If you're cold, you're automatically motivated to get warm. You don't need to read motivational quotes to want to be warm, it's automatic.
Fortunately, millions of years of evolution has given us lots of these automatic motivations (like adequate food and shelter).
So, if you're fooling yourself that you're going to be more motivated than everyone else and that will drive you to succeed, good luck.
Motivation will let you down.
It doesn't matter how motivated you are right now to wake up early tomorrow. At 4:30 AM when the alarm goes off, your motivation will let you down. You need to put the alarm clock on the other side of the room to force your a$$ out of bed. After you do this 300 times, you won't need the alarm clock.
It doesn't matter how motivated you are to drive a lambo right now. The next time you're camping with friends and enjoying nature, you won't really want a lambo anymore, you might want more free time in nature. Well guess what, if you were relying on your motivation to finish your app then it probably won't get done until you get that motivation back or you change it to something else. You need solid work ethic to finish the app. Motivation will let you down.
It doesn't matter how much you hate your job right now. If you are relying on your hatred of your job to motivate you to finish your e-book, then you are a fool. Because the next time you have a good day, you will probably skip working on your e-book that night. Everyone hates their job. Motivation will let you down.
Some days I just want to retire early. Some days I want to be a billionaire with a private jet. Some days I want people to look up to me. Some days I love my work so much I never want to stop working. Some days I want to get into Mountain Biking. Some days I want to build a cabin in the woods. Some days I want to be a philanthropist.
Fastlane success can bring all these things.
But not if I rely on these things for motivation to do the work.
The work needs to get done if I'm motivated or not. When I happen to be motivated, I just work more.
A good system or approach (like the fastlane method) combined with good habits and work ethic create success.
Motivation is nice to have. But if you're relying on it, good luck.
Everyone already has enough motivation to be successful.
If you're cold, you're automatically motivated to get warm. You don't need to read motivational quotes to want to be warm, it's automatic.
Fortunately, millions of years of evolution has given us lots of these automatic motivations (like adequate food and shelter).
So, if you're fooling yourself that you're going to be more motivated than everyone else and that will drive you to succeed, good luck.
Motivation will let you down.
It doesn't matter how motivated you are right now to wake up early tomorrow. At 4:30 AM when the alarm goes off, your motivation will let you down. You need to put the alarm clock on the other side of the room to force your a$$ out of bed. After you do this 300 times, you won't need the alarm clock.
It doesn't matter how motivated you are to drive a lambo right now. The next time you're camping with friends and enjoying nature, you won't really want a lambo anymore, you might want more free time in nature. Well guess what, if you were relying on your motivation to finish your app then it probably won't get done until you get that motivation back or you change it to something else. You need solid work ethic to finish the app. Motivation will let you down.
It doesn't matter how much you hate your job right now. If you are relying on your hatred of your job to motivate you to finish your e-book, then you are a fool. Because the next time you have a good day, you will probably skip working on your e-book that night. Everyone hates their job. Motivation will let you down.
Some days I just want to retire early. Some days I want to be a billionaire with a private jet. Some days I want people to look up to me. Some days I love my work so much I never want to stop working. Some days I want to get into Mountain Biking. Some days I want to build a cabin in the woods. Some days I want to be a philanthropist.
Fastlane success can bring all these things.
But not if I rely on these things for motivation to do the work.
The work needs to get done if I'm motivated or not. When I happen to be motivated, I just work more.
A good system or approach (like the fastlane method) combined with good habits and work ethic create success.
Motivation is nice to have. But if you're relying on it, good luck.
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