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the lie you tell yourself before discipline shows up and does the actual work
means the internal drive or set of reasons that pushes a person to act toward a goal.
from From Latin 'motivus,' meaning 'moving' or 'serving to move,' built on 'movere,' 'to move' — the same root that gives us 'motion,' 'motor,' and 'emotion.' The word arrived in English through French ('motif') and gained its modern psychological sense, the inner force that sets us in motion, in the 19th century.
- chemical roots
- Dopamine fires for the wanting, not the reward
- latin origin
- From movere, simply meaning to move
- fleeting nature
- Peaks before action, evaporates the moment you start
- action first
- Doing something often generates the drive, not vice versa
- deadline magic
- Procrastination is motivation's cruelest, most reliable form
david goggins ultramarathon — ran 205 miles in 39 hours in 2013, then repeated it yearly despite severe injuries
elon musk tesla roadster — launched his own car into space in 2018 after being told electric cars would fail
malala yousafzai education — continued advocating for girls' education in pakistan after being shot by taliban in 2012