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How to Develop Enough Motivation To Finish Your 12-Month Goal in the Next 30 Days
You achieve goals based on the emotions you attach to them. If there aren’t emotions behind your goal, you won’t achieve it.
It took me years of trying (and failing) to “go to the gym” before I realized: I just didn’t care. Sure, it would’ve been nice to look like a Greek god statue, but deep down, it didn’t really matter to me. Not really. So I stopped trying to get six-pack abs and focused on goals that actually did matter to me: quitting my job, working for myself, and writing full-time.
All these goals I achieved and more. They meant something to be, and there were rock-solid emotions behind each goal. Quitting my job meant I could have freedom. Working for myself meant I could travel the world with my wife (we did). Writing full-time meant I could do what I loved every single day.
The reason most people lose motivation isn’t because they’re lazy or undisciplined (some people are); it’s usually because they lose sight of what they’re fighting for.
If you don’t have a damn good reason to consistently wake up at 5:00am every day to work on your goals, I’ll be blunt: you’re not going to make it.
If you want to achieve a huge goal really quickly, and maintain your motivation, you have to practice a very…
