Motivation Is Garbage

[Becky]

Are you ready to take the red pill?

A little bit of "tough love" that no one wants to swallow.

Truth is...

Motivation is garbage.

You're never going to "feel" like jumping out of bed at 5am.

You're never going to "feel" like speaking up at a meeting.

You're never going to "feel" like creating your first LIVE Facebook video.

Or launching your first book.

Stop waiting until you "feel" like it.

It ain't gonna happen.

That's not how our brain works.

But...

You DO have the power to achieve any goal.

And it all comes down to a 5 second decision.

You have a choice to make.

There is no going back.

No more excuses.

Because you'll finally know the truth.

[John]

No she's wrong you're going to do stuff because you want to do it because. it's based on interest not difficulty and how much you're willing to push yourself to do something. This is just another excuse for people to justify being lazy.

[Mabel]

Hmm... I think we are motivated to do the things that'll keep us alive. Self-protection/preservation isn't about avoiding all scary and uncomfortable things. "Wired"? What about our ancestors? Hunting probably was not the easiest, most comfortable, safest thing to do, or finding/making shelter, or medicine. Humans will do plenty of risky, scary, difficult things in order to stay alive and seek happiness. What we avoid are things beyond the comfort we've already obtained, things that unnecessarily threaten our livelihoods and relationships. Things people have told us, directly or indirectly, that we are incapable of.

If hesitation is a habit as she says, then it is learned and ingrained through practice and repetition, it is not there from the start nor is it our brain working against our interests.

[Richard]

I think the way she understood motivation and the way i understand it are different. Motivation is garbage? You should just decide? Make the decision..? Having a decision means u have a motivation. It's either to just get things over with, or to achieve a goal. That is still a motivation. I dont know what she's getting at but im pretty sure she didnt make her point clear. If she have a "point" to prove.

[Rachael]

To be honest here what she is describing is Motivation. Don't get me wrong I agree with her views and everything but what should be said is: do not take the easy way out. If its easy it wouldn't be worth the time. If it's uncomfortable that means your on to something and its up to you to pass that barrier. What is gonna motivated you to drive you pass that barrier, to get up after you fallen so many times? Motivation to be is not garbage but I respect others opinions

[Dennis]

Have to call b.s ive seen first hand where somebody is ready to quit and someone pull up right next them and tell them dont stop almost there and she kept moving right afterwards and the task was not easy at hand iorn man race of course u need it to come from within there are people that motivate themselves and some people that have a certain character about them that a simple word can go a long way weather it be said in a soft tone r a all out assult tone but she contradicts her self out the gate talking bout motivation is bullshit and that it has to come from yourself well your still motivating yourself to do something fuckn fuck tard

[Jerome]

Motivation is a feeling (usually with a whole list of reasons behind what it contains) that gives you fuel in a moment, or a series of moments. What she's talking about is the small (yet essential) decision making process that happens just before you act (or don't act) on those motivational reasons. Feelings and emotions are powerful, yet they are temporary, as they are usually based off of temporary things occurring in our life situations (time of day, surroundings, marital status, money, etc.). They can be fleeting in our brains from day to day activity and the various input that we receive. A lot of people place serious weight on emotion or other similar factors that cause them to feel certain ways because we truly believe them to be "me", "us" or "who we are". We can often be overtaken by it. Yet, there is something much more powerful underneath all of those fleeting glimpses of perceptible identities that we have come to rely so heavily on, and that is the fact that we are all existing on a stream of pure and unbiased consciousness. Consciousness in itself knows nothing of emotions, backgrounds, perceptions, opinions or stories of identity. So what she's saying is that the moment of "hesitation" is the brains way of tangentially double checking to see if the situation at hand fits in with the perceived identity of yourself - and a lot of times it does not (hence the hesitation). When in reality, it's never truly necessary to incorporate that, right? We can make decisions without running through an imaginary list of do's and don'ts and what-if's. This is why it is super helpful to do everything you can to "know yourself" (incorporate conscious awareness without judgment). There is truly nothing stopping anyone from making any decision in any given moment. In fact, the present moment is truly all we ever have (no, this is not a yolo thing). It's more about understanding the difference between your ego (perceived identity) and the truth of your being (your actual existence and the fact that brain activity doesn't really matter when it comes to making decisions and acting on them). Observe what's going on inside your brain and your body as much as possible, and that awareness will allow you to make the true decisions you need to change your life situations without hesitation.