I used to play tug-of-war with my dog. He would always win. I could rip that little dog to shreds but he always won because he would never give up.
I'd pull, spin him around, it would go on for 5 minutes and I would just get bored or distracted. He wouldn't let go. Jaws clenched. I'd let go eventually and he'd be the winner by default.
He wasn't motivated. He's a dog, he's barely conscious. Dumb as F*ck.
He would win BECAUSE he was stupid.
He didn't have distracting thoughts.
He didn't have an existential crisis.
He spent no time overthinking.
He just did what dogs do.
I try to be more like that in the things I do. Not overthinking, not having an existential crisis, and not thinking about the past or getting distracted.
I try to be too stupid to give up.
In some things we should keep an open mind. But I have a closed mind in many things, and that's good.
Things that are settled in our mind do not need motivation, constant reflection, etc. They are just "accepted". It saves time, and keeps you steady, like a dog playing tug-of-war. He has settled on his jaws being clenched. If there's a tug of war game, he is going to win, without a shred of motivation or thoughts.
I have a short term memory. I have forgotten about things that didn't work (still retaining the lessons from them), but I don't go into my days with a memory of all the hard stuff that would make me feel like I am burning out.
I have settled on what I am doing and the work that I must do.
You on the other hand, carry all of the memories with you, already tired before even starting again. "I just cant force myself to go at it again".
There is no "again".
Do not count the cost. Do not recall all the work you did.
You only ever have to do things one day at a time. You have enough energy for today. Then, go to bed. Focus on today, making it the best day and being as productive as you can right now, making a little progress. You don't have to do it all at once, just a day at a time.
This is not a decade journey. You are not burnt out and exhausted. You are just thinking improperly.
You have enough for today so just focus on giving your best for the next half of the day and then go to bed.
You should not have to be hungry. It should just be a question of what your goals are, and then which actions will be most efficacious in achieving those goals.
I am settled on my goal. I have broken my goal up into smaller goals that form a plan, and have broken up those plans into action items and to-do lists. At no point did I ask how much motivation I'll need to achieve them. I happened to stay up until 3am last night. But that's not the point.
You simply need to do the following.
Find a worthy goal that would be worth working for 10 years for. If it does not feel like it would be worth it, then you are thinking too small and being realistic which is another word for "lame as F*ck". Your goal should be unrealistic because that is what makes a decade worth it.
Break it up into smaller goals and make a plan.
Break that up into action items and to-do lists.
Then execute it. Nowhere does it say to get motivated or anything about ANY feelings as a prerequisite to action. Always remember that feelings follow actions. If you ever do want to feel a certain way, you must create that feeling with an action.
Write down your goals and keep them to yourself. Write a short term goal on a little piece of paper and carry it with you. Wake up and think about it in a positive way. Go to bed and think about it in a positive way. Think about it and glance at it many times throughout the day, and spend 0 time thinking negatively about your goal or your life or things you fear. Do not wait to feel positive before acting, but rather it is just a direction to you for you to control your thoughts.
Your mind is like fertile soil. It will return what you plant. If you plant negative things or positive things, it does not care. You will reap what you sow.
Your life is a reflection of what you plant in your mind and let your mind work on. Set goals, break them down into plans, plant the path in your mind, settle in on it so doubts and setback have little effect, do not be emotional, and just execute. There is nothing else, it is so simple that you must allow yourself to be stupid enough to let it remain so simple.
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks he becomes.
-Mahatma Gandhi
A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.
-Marcus Aurelius
I'd pull, spin him around, it would go on for 5 minutes and I would just get bored or distracted. He wouldn't let go. Jaws clenched. I'd let go eventually and he'd be the winner by default.
He wasn't motivated. He's a dog, he's barely conscious. Dumb as F*ck.
He would win BECAUSE he was stupid.
He didn't have distracting thoughts.
He didn't have an existential crisis.
He spent no time overthinking.
He just did what dogs do.
I try to be more like that in the things I do. Not overthinking, not having an existential crisis, and not thinking about the past or getting distracted.
I try to be too stupid to give up.
In some things we should keep an open mind. But I have a closed mind in many things, and that's good.
Things that are settled in our mind do not need motivation, constant reflection, etc. They are just "accepted". It saves time, and keeps you steady, like a dog playing tug-of-war. He has settled on his jaws being clenched. If there's a tug of war game, he is going to win, without a shred of motivation or thoughts.
I have a short term memory. I have forgotten about things that didn't work (still retaining the lessons from them), but I don't go into my days with a memory of all the hard stuff that would make me feel like I am burning out.
I have settled on what I am doing and the work that I must do.
You on the other hand, carry all of the memories with you, already tired before even starting again. "I just cant force myself to go at it again".
There is no "again".
Do not count the cost. Do not recall all the work you did.
You only ever have to do things one day at a time. You have enough energy for today. Then, go to bed. Focus on today, making it the best day and being as productive as you can right now, making a little progress. You don't have to do it all at once, just a day at a time.
This is not a decade journey. You are not burnt out and exhausted. You are just thinking improperly.
You have enough for today so just focus on giving your best for the next half of the day and then go to bed.
You should not have to be hungry. It should just be a question of what your goals are, and then which actions will be most efficacious in achieving those goals.
I am settled on my goal. I have broken my goal up into smaller goals that form a plan, and have broken up those plans into action items and to-do lists. At no point did I ask how much motivation I'll need to achieve them. I happened to stay up until 3am last night. But that's not the point.
You simply need to do the following.
Find a worthy goal that would be worth working for 10 years for. If it does not feel like it would be worth it, then you are thinking too small and being realistic which is another word for "lame as F*ck". Your goal should be unrealistic because that is what makes a decade worth it.
Break it up into smaller goals and make a plan.
Break that up into action items and to-do lists.
Then execute it. Nowhere does it say to get motivated or anything about ANY feelings as a prerequisite to action. Always remember that feelings follow actions. If you ever do want to feel a certain way, you must create that feeling with an action.
Write down your goals and keep them to yourself. Write a short term goal on a little piece of paper and carry it with you. Wake up and think about it in a positive way. Go to bed and think about it in a positive way. Think about it and glance at it many times throughout the day, and spend 0 time thinking negatively about your goal or your life or things you fear. Do not wait to feel positive before acting, but rather it is just a direction to you for you to control your thoughts.
Your mind is like fertile soil. It will return what you plant. If you plant negative things or positive things, it does not care. You will reap what you sow.
Your life is a reflection of what you plant in your mind and let your mind work on. Set goals, break them down into plans, plant the path in your mind, settle in on it so doubts and setback have little effect, do not be emotional, and just execute. There is nothing else, it is so simple that you must allow yourself to be stupid enough to let it remain so simple.
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks he becomes.
-Mahatma Gandhi
A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.
-Marcus Aurelius
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