Motivation 101
Motivation. It feels like power, the special sauce with a secret recipe that turns the average into the exceptional and makes procrastination a nightmare of the past.
You don’t have to be born with an organic store of motivation to leverage its power. You don’t even have to pay someone to tease it out of you. If you’re yearning, or even struggling, to find motivation, experiment with the simple hacks listed in Psychology Today’s Motivation Hacks: 12 tactics to help you accomplish your goals and build healthy habits.
(Teaser: Hacks include bundling, chunking, buddying up, and even “tossing” a few snowballs.)
Have fun exploring, and take your time to see which strategy really works for you, your preferences, and your style.
Fun fact: The mysterious workings of motivation have inspired tons of research and even the creation of a lab, the Motivation Science Lab, dedicated to understanding its quiet magic.