Eleven powerful ways to motivate yourself right now

Alex Mathers
5 min readOct 9, 2024

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Ah, feeling motivated. It seems to come and it go. It ebbs and flows.

I’m a firm believer in the idea that motivation is not something that burns in the lucky few of us.

Motivation is better viewed as an attitude.

Those people that seem more motivated, more consistently, are not special.

They have simply chosen better habits to allow real motivation to rise up, even when they aren’t initially feeling it.

Motivation starts and ends with a decision, not a feeling.

The following are eleven such decisions that when acted on with consistency, will contribute to a motivated life, but also provide a boost, this very instant…

1. Have Fun

Decide to have fun right now, with whatever you are doing.

Make a game out of it, even if you aren’t in the mood to start with.

What could be enjoyable about what you need to do next?

What’s funny about the place you’re in?

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