The secret to motivation is energy · Remote Sales Secrets

The secret to motivation is energy

Everyone thinks that consistency comes from discipline, that you need to absolutely force yourself to do something until it becomes a habit even if you are miserable.

I don't find that true. I have tried it, it's not that different from the hustle bros asking me to lock in for 6 months in a dark room until I am making 10k a month.

Never worked for me.

In my subconscious, I used to think hard work was something that was taking away precious time from my youth that should be used for living a full life.

What worked was optimizing for energy instead of money or discipline and then reframing my beliefs about hard work and consistency.

I found out that the average adult 'needs' to be productive in order to feel good about themselves. Which meant I could spend 12 hours on my phone enjoying myself and the only thing I would feel is apathy.

So I blocked out time and started enjoying hard work, not necessarily because it's fun in itself but because it makes the rest of my day fun and so, working hard became a source of energy instead of a drain.

Now, my days feel more full and fun, I enjoy entertainment more than ever before and I get more work done than ever before. The biggest reason is that I reframed my mindset as to why hard work doesn't take time away from my life and started to optimize for energy level instead of Grit.

I haven't seen a lot about this idea on social media, so if you have any questions just dm me. I would love to help you out because helping others excites me and helps with my own energy level :)

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