Motivation, pain and pleasure
In a recent effort to get my procrastination and motivation under control, I noticed that throughout the day I would have fractions of time where I was extremely motivated to get things done. These were usually triggered by my remembering something, or the realisation of some real-world facts.
Upon further thinking, I’ve come to realise that all these spurts of motivation stem from two things: pain and pleasure. Now Tony Robbins has been saying this for years, but pain and pleasure govern everything we do.
So what I did, was sat down… and wrote a list of all those things that motivate me to get things done - things that would cause me pain if they weren’t handled, or pleasure if they were.
So now every time I find myself backing away from a task… I just pull out the list and read over it, carefully visualising each item to let it sink in. Then I go get things done.
Aaron @ April 26, 2008