Screw your motivation

Motivation is one of the biggest lies ever sold to mankind. It’s brutal, deceiving, elitist and simply not true.

What is it telling us, really? That there’s us, mere fucking mortals, and then there are others, the demigods, blessed from birth (or shortly after) by some sort of “vision”, or “drive”, or “passion”. Now this thing that the rest of us lack kept them up at night, gave them strength. And eventually, led them to the light just like their grand vision foretold.

This is such a pile of crap.

There are no hyper-motivated people that can sustain their “drive” for years and years. If there are, they are treated in the asylums, because what they have is called “manic disorder”.

But this bullshit is everywhere. It proliferates, multiplies, spreads. Why? For two reasons.

A: To make money from you.

And B: Because they’ve been bulshitting people so long they started believing it themselves.

But forget about them. The real question is why do you keep believing?

And the answer is: because you are desperately looking for an easy fix. A grand vision, a sense of purpose. A magic pill. No pain, no disappointments. Just getting there on autopilot, right?

Because that’s what our lazy brains crave: an autopilot that will do the work for them.

Hate to break it to you, but that’s not going to happen. You have to be actively chasing your goals. Applying yourself. Keeping busy. And that’s, brother, you can’t just hand over to somebody else.

There is no outsourcing victories. No way around to the top.

So wake up early, dig in, and start attacking life. It’ll hurt. It’ll suck. It will not be fun at all. But that’s the only way to win.

Every day you gotta choose whom to be. Every second of it! There is no “discipline” you can develop that will make this easier. It’s always a choice. Never a default.

Do I wake up early or sleep in? Do I go to the gym? Do I eat that something I know is bad for me?

Do I?.. Do I?.. Do I?..

And every question demands an answer. No autopilot, no secretary to handle your calls. An answer from you. The real you. The one who knew all along motivation was crap.

So screw it. And screw them. Let them bullshit somebody else.

You got work to do.