Motivation is the ability to hold a thought steady in your mind for a prolonged period of time. As you practise that, you will become more productive. Can obsession be part of it? Absolutely right. So if i'm obsessed with something, i'm thinking about it all the time. O c d is actually the best example of this principle. It's obsessive compulsive disorder. A compulsion is a behavior, and obsession is a thought. Desire is also focus on one thought. No, desire is something else. Ecause motivation is simply holding the thought in my mind. And as long as i don't displace the thought, i don't have to enjoy it, but it'll