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Ask HN: What keeps us committed to something besides motivations and discipline?
- poormystic 6y agoLove, for me... hatred, for some others. Also greed; sexual desire; fear; hunger; the need to protect oneself or family. The desire for power or wealth.
- IvanVLiu 6y agoAren't they just different forms of either intrinsic or external motivations?
- eloff 6y agoStubbornness. Most people get over their childhood dreams and adjust to life as an adult where we don't get to do what we wanted. I'm still trying to make it happen 19 years later. Motivation comes from within when you have a strong enough reason to do something. Like it aligns with who you are, what you desire. But it comes and goes. Discipline let's me hold the fort day to day regardless of what motivation is doing.
- IvanVLiu 6y agoEdit: I realise conscientiousness is a much more precise word choice than discipline