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2845: What Is Motivation? You’ve Probably Been Thinking About It All Wrong by Nir Eyal

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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How to Manage Your Own Motivation

When we are uncomfortable, we are motivated to restore homeostasis. Thinking that feeling bad is always bad is an unhelpful notion propagated by clueless self-help gurus and modern day snake oil salesmen. Discomfort doesn't always need to be relieved. It can be leveraged like rocket fuel to propel us forward.

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