Motivation is Bullshit!

I come across people everyday who tell me that they are motivated by the exercise regimen I follow. I see motivation videos being liked on Facebook, I see motivation speeches being promoted on websites...hell, I even read about motivational theories. (Thank you HR presentation).

But in my opinion, motivation is bullshit; it doesn't get anything done. 

Sure, motivation gets you going; but DISCIPLINE gets things done. When it actually comes down to sitting down and working something out, you cannot rely on motivation. After all, it's just a feeling.

Here's my recommendation to you. Whenever you feel motivated, don't do anything grand or exciting or set any lofty/unrealistic goals for yourself. Get a pen and paper, and write down ONE or TWO things you are going to commit to doing every single day for the foreseeable future, no-matter-what. Use that motivation, and build a machine for yourself. For example, you commit on writing a journal every day. After, lets say two weeks, you don't think about writing your journal anymore. You do it because you committed to it. Every single day. No matter what. It does not matter if both your hands were chopped off and you had to write the journal with your freakin' mouth.

When a habit gets inculcated, your nervous system will not even consider writing the journal/doing that activity. It just gets done, because you committed. Write this down somewhere if you have to - Commit once. Do not commit again and again, and then do it.

Whatever it is that you pick on doing, it will help. Definitely, this thing will not be the sole responsible factor for that transformative action you are looking for, but the context of the discipline you are creating in the interim to grow stronger is what's important.

It's not the grand visions/plans; its the tiny actions that move towards a worthy ideal that's important. Stop getting motivated. You don't need motivation because it does nothing but affords some good feelings in your body. Discipline of following that regime every single day is what is going to get you somewhere.

Cheers!

RS