Capitalizing On Motivation

A beautiful feeling we all get is motivation. We probably wish we felt it more often because it causes us to show up differently in the world - with more discipline, focus, courage, confidence, and speed.

But, motivation is unreliable. It’s something you can’t count on to be there when you need it. That’s why I want to introduce you to what you should do with motivation, so that you stretch out the impact it has on you for longer than just in the moments when you feel it.

When you feel motivated, I call that being in an enriched environment. It’s a moment when things are light, hopeful, and optimistic. It’s when life is helping you get what you want more than it’s fighting against you. But as is the nature of motivation, these moments are brief, and it’s what you do within an enriched environment that dictates how much it actually influences you.

Ideally, while you’re feeling good and motivated, what you do is take an action that has long-term consequences. You precommit to something big, brave, or bold and in doing so, you reshape your future environment so that it’s more conducive to you doing the thing you want to do now.

For example, I was feeling motivated to write the first draft of my book. I could have written for a few hours right then and there, but when the motivation goes away so too goes the writing. Instead, what I did was I capitalized on that motivation by sending an email to a mentor saying “I will have the first draft of my book written by my birthday.”

I had the courage to ‘hit send’ because I was feeling motivated, and eventually that moment faded, but my commitment didn’t. Now I’d created an environment that forced my behavior. Either I write the book or I let my mentor down, someone whose opinion I care about immensely.

I converted short-term motivation into long-term staying power not because I got more motivated, but because of how I took action while I felt motivated.

A silly example of this: Let’s say you want to paint a wall in the house. What if, while you had the motivation and commitment to take on that project, you put a big line in marker on the wall. That would force you to paint the wall, even if you didn't feel like it, or else you’d have to deal with an ugly streak on your wall!

The concept is the same. Take action when you feel motivated so that you’re forced to take action when you don’t feel motivated. If you’re feeling motivated right now, feeling hopeful you just learned a new technique that will actually change your life, then capitalize on that motivation by taking on the 21 Day Super Habits Challenge.

Signing up is a simple action that will put you on the path to becoming the most consistent, productive, and focused version of yourself. Just sign up and the Challenge takes care of the rest! It’s amazing how far one micro-moment of courage and believing in yourself could take you.

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