How to keep motivated?
Discussion
The trick is to figure out what motivates you. It's different for everyone but if you can figure it out you just need to spend time doing/thinking about that thing and then exercise becomes easy.
Nearly all people fail because they are not motivated enough and they focus on will power to force themselves to the gym or to do that exercise. If you have to force yourself to the gym or go on a run, you're not nearly motivated enough.
Motivation could be upbeat music, someone you want to look like, feeling confident or getting ready for the holiday and the beach etc. Then you need to focus on that thing for 30 minutes a day minimum and ideally before you exercise.
Motivated men can achieve anything, unmotivated men are average at best.
Once you are in that motivated place, as long as you train smartly you should see progress which should in-turn motivate you further.
Nearly all people fail because they are not motivated enough and they focus on will power to force themselves to the gym or to do that exercise. If you have to force yourself to the gym or go on a run, you're not nearly motivated enough.
Motivation could be upbeat music, someone you want to look like, feeling confident or getting ready for the holiday and the beach etc. Then you need to focus on that thing for 30 minutes a day minimum and ideally before you exercise.
Motivated men can achieve anything, unmotivated men are average at best.
Once you are in that motivated place, as long as you train smartly you should see progress which should in-turn motivate you further.
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There’s a lot of problems with simple motivation:
Motivation is fleeting
Motivation comes and goes however it wants. It might not last to the end of the week, end of the day, or even the end of blog post you just read. It’s fleeting.
Motivation is situational
Motivation is based on your current situation. How do you feel? If you don’t feel like doing it, then you’re off the hook. You don’t have to do it – because you don’t feel like it!
But then you don’t do it and you just feel worse and more stuck than ever.
Motivation is everywhere.
Everywhere you go, you see people trying to get motivated to do something, to make a change. They’ll go read something, watch something or attend a conference and come away “motivated.” But that only leaves them “motivated”, it doesn’t move them to action.
“I’m motivated to do this”. “I’m motivated to do that”. Stop being motivated and just do it already! You don’t need more motivation – you need discipline.
See discipline is a whole different animal.
Discipline is Consistent
The consistency of discipline is what makes it discipline. You go out and do it, day after day.
Discipline Is Habitual
Discipline doesn’t just “happen.” It’s intentional and it’s repeated. Every. Single. Day.
Discipline Is Rare
Discipline doesn’t sound like fun, but it’s how you see results.
Motivation is the start, but if it’s not solidified into a discipline, it usually fades away into regret pretty quickly once you realize you never acted on it.
There’s a lot of problems with simple motivation:
Motivation is fleeting
Motivation comes and goes however it wants. It might not last to the end of the week, end of the day, or even the end of blog post you just read. It’s fleeting.
Motivation is situational
Motivation is based on your current situation. How do you feel? If you don’t feel like doing it, then you’re off the hook. You don’t have to do it – because you don’t feel like it!
But then you don’t do it and you just feel worse and more stuck than ever.
Motivation is everywhere.
Everywhere you go, you see people trying to get motivated to do something, to make a change. They’ll go read something, watch something or attend a conference and come away “motivated.” But that only leaves them “motivated”, it doesn’t move them to action.
“I’m motivated to do this”. “I’m motivated to do that”. Stop being motivated and just do it already! You don’t need more motivation – you need discipline.
See discipline is a whole different animal.
Discipline is Consistent
The consistency of discipline is what makes it discipline. You go out and do it, day after day.
Discipline Is Habitual
Discipline doesn’t just “happen.” It’s intentional and it’s repeated. Every. Single. Day.
Discipline Is Rare
Discipline doesn’t sound like fun, but it’s how you see results.
Motivation is the start, but if it’s not solidified into a discipline, it usually fades away into regret pretty quickly once you realize you never acted on it.
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