Comments on: Finding Your Motivation

By: TG Srinivasan

TG Srinivasan — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:01:30 +0000

Great Inspiration, David.
And when I know that my life is worth living, if not for me, but for someone who needs it, i automatically bounce from my bed and begin my day with energy.
When life is committed on a purpose, Motivation doesn’t need to be remembered; it becomes a part of life.
Thanks, David…

By: Jerry S

Jerry S — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:03:54 +0000

I was not at all motivated to do anything today. On a scale of 1 to 10, it was a 10. I just forced myself to do what I wanted to do and I didn’t care if it was bad.

Motivation is emotional not logical. In reality, I did about as good a job as I would have had I been in the mood.

By: Stephen J. Lalla

Stephen J. Lalla — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:58:02 +0000

Had a supervisor many years ago who would say to his workers when they lacked motivation, “do anything, even if it’s wrong, just do something.” We’d all laugh and get started but by the end of the day the jobs were always done. He knew that movement and getting started was better than being paralyzed by inactivity.

By: Ed Wandling

Ed Wandling — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:28:16 +0000

In college, when my roommate and I were trying to climb out of a funk, we started by cleaning the dorm room. To this day, when I am climbing out of a funk, I organize something in my physical world that has fallen into disarray. There is something demotivating about disorganization, and there is something about getting your “stuff” organized that helps move you in the right direction.

By: Photon

Photon — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:45:22 +0000

That’s exactly what happened to me when this year started(2009), in the last semester of high school(senior year).
I just lost interest in almost everything, not motivated to do anything.

We at school called it “Senioritis”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senioritis

Labeling it didn’t convince me, and I had to do my research.

That’s when I found GTD on YouTube, and got to know about it.
And now I’m reading “Making It All Work”.

@David Allen: You are awesome!

By: Flemming

Flemming — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:48:50 +0000

I too use a walk to clear my mind/get ready for the next action/start a conversation/etc. I find it effective and refreshing :-)

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:11:25 +0000

My work at the moment is minding my three small children at home. My rule of thumb is “when in doubt, empty the dishwasher”. I can’t tell you how many times this has roused me from the I-don’t-know-where-to-start feeling. Once I do that, I find myself doing the next thing and then the next and more often than not it gets me back on track.

By: michael milstead

michael milstead — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:27:26 +0000

So this true and so easy, whenever I just cannnot seem to get things moving on any day I just simply answer some emails or clean up an area and bam next thing I know I have gotten a ton done without much effort