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The truth about motivation 🚨

2024-01-05 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:41 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Mindset, motivation and happiness · mode: Explanation and tutorial · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis

In an extract from his book Feel-Good Productivity, Ali calls the common idea that enough motivation solves procrastination "the motivation method" and says it is nonsense: many people are motivated but blocked by barriers such as time, money, family and health, and telling them to feel more motivated can deepen the paralysis behind procrastination.

What is said

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00:00:00 — Why the motivation method fails against procrastination

  • ★★★ Ali calls the common idea that you would get things done if you just had enough motivation "the motivation method", a solution to procrastination he says is total nonsense. — 00:00:00

    “I call this solution to procrastination the motivation method.”

  • ★★ Plenty of people genuinely want to do the things they struggle with and feel motivated enough, Ali says, but barriers get in the way: time and financial constraints, family responsibilities, physical and mental health issues. — 00:00:00 · Mental health

  • ★★★ Motivation is clearly not enough, Ali says, and telling people simply to feel more motivated is not just unhelpful but potentially harmful, adding to the sense of paralysis that causes procrastination. — 00:00:29

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Mentioned

Central: motivation method

Also: Mental health

Only in the description or credits: Feel-Good Productivity (book)

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