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CM 219: Britt Frank on Getting Unstuck

Curious Minds at Work

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The Myth of Motivation

The myth of motivation is one of my favorite pics. And as a new yorker born and bred, it's the one that's one of my more controversial because when i say there's no such thing as lack of motivation,. I'm not saying that our behaviour is always optimized. I am saying that unmotivated is inaccurate term. Your brain is always motivated in either the direction of survival or in the direction of choice. It's never not motivated. So if you're sitting on the couch, scrolling instagram for hour five, your primary motivation is comfort over the change process which is incredibly uncomfortable. Rather than saying, why am i so lazy? You can ask yourself, what

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