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Wow. OK, then... You have enough gumption to ask how to get motivation and to argue about it, but not to do anything that will get you closer to your goals.
by consultutah 16y ago
Wow. OK, then... You have enough gumption to ask how to get motivation and to argue about it, but not to do anything that will get you closer to your goals.
Forget the "just do it" part, if that so upsets you, about what I said and read the rest. For me the only way to get motivated is to progress on something, that's the "pick one little thing and get it done" part.
If that doesn't work for you, so be it - We all work differently. Use the anger that you directed at me to get motivated.
- solipsist 16y agoI apologize for the tone - I didn't mean to come across so nasty. I simply wanted to hear more about your ideas, past the "just do it" part. Sure, we all think and work differently, but what works for one may also work for another. That's why I originally posted this question. I did read past the "just do it" part and I see what you're saying about progressing on the work. However, I'd like to know what you (or anyone else) does to get started. How do we get that initial burst of motivation? Again, I'm sorry about the way I reacted.
- consultutah 16y agoNo worries. We all have different things that work for us. You have your count mnemonic, to misuse the term. For me it really is as simple as finding something, anything that I can get done. One example: I needed to update the sales copy on one of my landing pages, but for some reason didn't want to get started. What did I do? I started by changing the background color of the site. Something easy that took just a couple of minutes, then when I'd finished testing that and found it to be an improvement, I moved to changing the headline on the page and eventually the whole sales copy.