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11-10-2006, 05:33 PM
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Don't you think that if your motivation to do a certain task doesn't come easily and naturally 1. Your motivation is simply the wrong one and maybe 2. you should just leave the task be? I find when my motivation comes from a place of joy, and truly from me - I don't have to force myself or convince myself or bribe myself to do anything.
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11-10-2006, 07:49 PM
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Hi Michelle - could be that the task isn't aligned with a bigger purpose OR that you have lost sight of what that bigger purpose is. I no I've experienced both cases - where clearly the task was heading toward a dead-end (in terms of not being aligned with where I wanted to go) But often, there will be a task that stumps me, or I feel procrastination setting in, but when I re-visit WHY I'm working on it and it IS in line with a bigger purpose, suddenly the motivation comes back. Jeff
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11-10-2006, 10:02 PM
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I don't think that hard work and motivation are synonomous. A difficult or challenging task can be very motivating to some people, including me.
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