Myth: Lack of Motivation

Many people think they lack motivation..
but what they really lack is clarity..

we fail to realize that small habits and little choices..
are transforming us every day already..
1% better 1% worse.. everyday



there are four stages of habit formation.
noticing.. wanting .. doing and liking

seeing a cup of coffee
wanting to drink coffee
actual act of drinking
then i need to enjoy the action.. as a reward

there is this strategy in a study.. implementation intentions
they had three cohorts in this study..

1st cohort - "I just want you to track how often you workout for the next few weeks"

2nd group - "we want to track off and you exercise we're also gonna give you a motivational speech about the benefits of heart health"

3rd group - "they got the same presentation so they're equally motivated and then they did one thing differently"..
they filled out this sentence..
"during the next week I will partake in at least 20 minutes of vigorous exercise on [...] day at [....] time of the day in [....] place."

they specifically stated their intention to implement the behavior.
these are the results..

you can increase your odds to do something.. just by making a plan on how to do it..

we think that we need to get more motivated than we need willpower in order to execute..
"if I just felt like writing".. "if I just felt like meditating"
but in fact we don't have a plan for it.. so we wake up each day thinking I wonder if I'll feel motivated to write today.. wonder if I'll feel motivated to workout today.

take the decision-making out of it by explicitly stating when where and how you want to implement the habit.

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