1. 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss This book knocked me out of my chair. It was the first time I realized how little I knew about how to live life. It was the push I needed to see that options existed beyond what I had in front of me. This book is for you if you're looking for an alternative lifestyle and crave to break free from the corporate 9-to-5 life. Don't get me wrong, this path does require a great deal of hard work, but Tim Ferriss breaks down actionable steps to walk away from those 80-hour work weeks and build a life of ultimate exploration and fulfillment. It taught me to relook at the value of income and understand what to outsource and when. This led me to greater productivity and excellerated growth. 2. Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill This book was so incredibly controversial during its completion that it was actually banned from being published for over 75 years--it was written in 1938 and not published until 2011. In essence, the book is a conversation where the narrator, Napoleon Hill, interviews the devil himself to determine the reasons why people fail. That may sound outlandish, but it reveals powerful insights into why people give up and why we are filled with fear. When it comes to being an entrepreneur a strong mindset is non-negotiable. To reach your personal and professional goals, you must understand where your fears, anger, and jealous behavior or drifting patterns originate. This book is for you if you're ready to work through your mindset limitations and take steps toward your goals without fear. 3. Compound Effect by Darren Hardy When you hear the word "compounding," your mind most likely jumps to compounding interest in your savings account. That same idea applies in Darren's book, Compound Effect. This book illustrates how small and seemingly insignificant actions and decisions can have a compounding effect on your life for better or worse. This book was the message I needed to hear that big wins don't happen overnight and that discipline is one of the key variables required to attain success. It isn't any simple big triumph that matters. It's the daily small actions and decisions that lead you to at some point "get lucky." When you work hard and don't immediately see results, it can be discouraging. Learning to focus on the small wins has helped push me forward over the long haul. This book is for you if you are willing to run the marathon, to practice patience, and dedicate yourself to systematically move your mountain over time. The reality is the little actions run your life every day, and it is 100 percent up to you to take responsibility and make sure they are steps leading in the direction you want. A single book is not a gold ticket or a guarantee for success. It isn't the book that will change your life. It's the lessons you take from it and directly apply to your life moving forward.
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Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. 1 - MOTIVATION Motivation is an encouragement, inspiration, or fire which is sparked within you to achieve a target, goal, desire, or wish fulfillment. It is a determination that one will succeed in achieving what they want if they are being driven by self or by someone else. Like a pep talk before a sports game. Motivation is the process that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented behaviors. It is what causes you to act, whether it is getting a glass of water to reduce thirst or reading a book to gain knowledge. Motivation involves the biological, emotional, social, and cognitive forces that activate behavior 2 - HABITLet's define habits. Habits are the small decisions you make and actions you perform every day. According to researchers at Duke University, habits account for about 40 percent of our behaviors on any given day. Your life today is essentially the sum of your habits. How in shape or out of shape you are? A result of your habits. How happy or unhappy you are? A result of your habits. How successful or unsuccessful you are? A result of your habits. What you repeatedly do (i.e. what you spend time thinking about and doing each day) ultimately forms the person you are, the things you believe, and the personality that you portray. starts with better habits. When you learn to transform your habits, you can transform your life Motivation is a powerful, yet tricky beast. Sometimes it is really easy to get motivated, and you find yourself wrapped up in a whirlwind of excitement. Other times, it is nearly impossible to figure out how to motivate yourself and you're trapped in a death spiral of procrastination. This page contains the best ideas and most useful research on how to get and stay motivated. This isn't going to be some rah-rah, pumped-up motivational speech. (That's not my style.) Instead, we're going to break down the science behind how to get motivated in the first place and how to stay motivated for the long-run. Whether you're trying to figure out how to motivate yourself or how to motivate a team, this page should cover everything you need to know. You can click the links below to jump to a particular section or simply scroll down to read everything. At the end of this page, you'll find a complete list of all the articles I have written on motivation. Motivation: What It Is and How It Works Scientists define motivation as your general willingness to do something. It is the set of psychological forces that compel you to take action. That's nice and all, but I think we can come up with a more useful definition of motivation. What is Motivation? So what is motivation, exactly? The author Steven Crossfield has a great line in his book, The War of Art, which I think gets at the core of motivation. To paraphrase Crossfield, “At some point, the pain of not doing it becomes greater than the pain of doing it.” In other words, at some point, it is easier to change than to stay the same. It is easier to take action and feel insecure at the gym than to sit still and experience self-loathing on the couch. It is easier to feel awkward while making the sales call than to feel disappointed about your dwindling bank account. This, I think, is the essence of motivation. Every choice has a price, but when we are motivated, it is easier to bear the inconvenience of action than the pain of remaining the same. Somehow we cross a mental threshold—usually after weeks of procrastination and in the face of an impending deadline—and it becomes more painful to not do the work than to actually do it. Now for the important question: What can we do to make it more likely that we cross this mental threshold and feel motivated on a consistent basis? Common Misconceptions About Motivation One of the most surprising things about motivation is that it often comes after starting a new behavior, not before. We have this common misconception that motivation arrives as a result of passively consuming a motivational video or reading an inspirational book. However, active inspiration can be a far more powerful motivator. Motivation is often the result of action, not the cause of it. Getting started, even in very small ways, is a form of active inspiration that naturally produces momentum. I like to refer to this effect as the Physics of Productivity because this is basically Newton’s First Law applied to habit formation: Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Once a task has begun, it is easier to continue moving it forward. |
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