Comments on: Do You Use “Lack of Motivation” as an Excuse?

By: How To Get Moving, Stay Fit, And Stay Motivated in Surrey & Sussex | Health & Fitness in Surrey & Sussex

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:45:07 +0000

[...] the short term, and in the long run as well with physical and mental benefits in almost every way.When it comes to staying or getting into good shape, motivation may be hard to come by. As the seaso…shape or maintain a daily routine of exercise are definite culprits. But we should be totally aware [...]

By: Helstah

Helstah — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:58:23 +0000

“….I experienced that motivation DOES fall from the sky when I used to take Ritalin”

I pretty much experienced the same thing when taking Vyvanse (unfortuately, also made me panicky). Sad to think biochemistry may make for an exhausting lifelong struggle to get things done.

By: 5-minute Productivity | Reflective Life

5-minute Productivity | Reflective Life — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:12:50 +0000

[...] and more I am finding that it is true that motivation follows action, and practicing acting on 5-minute plans helps get the action part started. And with enough trial [...]

By: epi

epi — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:16:42 +0000

Actually, I experienced that motivation DOES fall from the sky when I used to take Ritalin. So, sometimes lacking motivation can be a health problem. This article is very old fashioned and lacks deep understanding of psychology.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:00:38 +0000

This is a good article. Author John Maxwell talks about this in his book “Failing Forward.” I’d recommend it to anyone wanting further material on this subject.

Matt

By: Scott Young

Scott Young — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:10:51 +0000

Louche,

I’m not sure exactly which article you’re referencing so I can’t explain my reasoning perfectly. But I believe the confusion is about motivation vs discipline.

Motivation should be used before discipline, since it’s more sustainable. However, that doesn’t mean lacking motivation is the end, as I write in this article developing discipline means you should be able to keep at the problem even when your motivation dies out.

Hope that makes more sense?

-Scott

By: Louche

Louche — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:46:07 +0000

Okay, so here’s my problem… I was super motivated in January and focused and getting all my work done… but then I struggled with perfectionism and couldn’t complete any papers and got so stressed out to the point where I can’t focus on work at all… um… now I just feel really de-motivated and unfocused because I didn’t complete so much of my work… I can’t even focus on what I consider to be my life passion anymore because I still feel like I need to finish this things that are never to be finished… so I don’t much feel like reading anything anymore.

By: Louche

Louche — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:43:10 +0000

Your articles are starting to confuse me… I just read an article where you said discipline comes last, after emotions and some other things you listed… then I read this, you say discipline should come first. ?????

By: Richard | RichardShelmerdine.com

Richard | RichardShelmerdine.com — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:21:59 +0000

I was literally thinking “You build motivation, you can’t use it as an excuse” and then your subheading popped up. Excellent brainwave there . I hate when I use these excuses though and thanks for the reminder to catch myself doing it.

By: Buffy

Buffy — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:53:09 +0000

What an awesome post! Lack of Motivation is something I suffer with and your article helped shed some light on that for me, so Thank You!

I have been keeping ‘my eye on the prize’ to keep me going, and will now use your advise wisely.