http://www.theforgottenmonk.com/the-pursuit-of-motivation/ Life Lessons From Movies, Books and TV Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:14:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.theforgottenmonk.com/the-pursuit-of-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Richard Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:45:16 +0000 http://www.theforgottenmonk.com/the-pursuit-of-motivation/#comment-19 The factors explanation hits the nail on the head. Specifically, my 'situation' in that analogy would be having finished the day and realising that I've lived it badly - by not getting much done because of procrastination and laziness - because of my actions, essentially, no-one else's. That's more painful for me now than factor 2. The factors explanation hits the nail on the head. Specifically, my ’situation’ in that analogy would be having finished the day and realising that I’ve lived it badly – by not getting much done because of procrastination and laziness – because of my actions, essentially, no-one else’s.
That’s more painful for me now than factor 2.

]]> http://www.theforgottenmonk.com/the-pursuit-of-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-16 marvin Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:18:25 +0000 http://www.theforgottenmonk.com/the-pursuit-of-motivation/#comment-16 Richard, I was going to include a bit of what you're talking about into this post. But it was late at night and decided to save it for another time. Basically, I was going to say there are 2 factors to be aware of 1) the pain of being in your situation 2) the pain of getting out of your situation. If factor 1 is greater than factor 2 you will be motivated to get out of your situation, but if factor 2 is greater than factor 1 then you will not be motivated to get out. Looks like you've trained yourself to always make factor 1 greater than factor 2. Thanks for commenting! I hope to see more! Richard,
I was going to include a bit of what you’re talking about into this post. But it was late at night and decided to save it for another time.
Basically, I was going to say there are 2 factors to be aware of 1) the pain of being in your situation 2) the pain of getting out of your situation. If factor 1 is greater than factor 2 you will be motivated to get out of your situation, but if factor 2 is greater than factor 1 then you will not be motivated to get out.
Looks like you’ve trained yourself to always make factor 1 greater than factor 2.
Thanks for commenting! I hope to see more!

]]> http://www.theforgottenmonk.com/the-pursuit-of-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Richard Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:53:53 +0000 http://www.theforgottenmonk.com/the-pursuit-of-motivation/#comment-15 I've spent so much time thinking about personal development that I now think quite differently to how I did a few years ago. These days I feel restless, anxious and dissatisfied if I DON'T further my development or my life itself each day. I realise now that by procrastinating, not attempting things and slacking off I'm just going to make myself miserable - far more so than if I just do those x and y activities today. I’ve spent so much time thinking about personal development that I now think quite differently to how I did a few years ago.
These days I feel restless, anxious and dissatisfied if I DON’T further my development or my life itself each day.
I realise now that by procrastinating, not attempting things and slacking off I’m just going to make myself miserable – far more so than if I just do those x and y activities today.

]]> http://www.theforgottenmonk.com/the-pursuit-of-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Joseph Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:19:21 +0000 http://www.theforgottenmonk.com/the-pursuit-of-motivation/#comment-14 Family is definitely a source of motivation for me. When I was a college student I couldn't motivate myself out of bed sometimes. When I think about it life was too easy. So, I see your point. It's one way to motivate yourself. It helps too if you have a partner that backs you up instead of weighing you down. Family is definitely a source of motivation for me. When I was a college student I couldn’t motivate myself out of bed sometimes. When I think about it life was too easy. So, I see your point. It’s one way to motivate yourself. It helps too if you have a partner that backs you up instead of weighing you down.

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