There’s this idea that we should be totally motivated, all the time, and if we’re not, there’s something wrong with us.

Um, no.

Lasting motivation is a lie. You cannot rely purely on motivation to get shiz done. EVER.

Motivation is just a feeling, just like sadness or fatigue or excitement.

It’s not about getting motivated once and staying that way, it’s about bringing yourself back to a motivated state as often as you can. (It doesn’t even matter how long you’ve been unmotivated for – you can become the most motivated person on the planet with a single thought).

When we’re motivated, it’s because we’re choosing motivating thoughts.

Thoughts that motivate me:

• Michael Jordan would do it.

• I am the kind of person who does what she says she’s going to do.

• Someone out there needs me to do this right now.

• My success is inevitable.

• I eat fear for breakfast.

• All I have to do is take one tiny step forward. And then another.

• I am literally unstoppable.

• I want this more than I want anything.

• I will look back and be SO proud.

What thoughts motivate you?