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Motivation and Performance: Maintaining Your Drive on the Journey
There are cases in which, as a solopreneur, you have tasks that you cannot delegate, or dislike, and must be done. It’s that ‘dirty work’ that is extremely important and as unpleasant as it is. It is also the kind of work where we have the least motivation.
“Motivation is what drives you to take action. Intelligence is what drives you to take the right action.” — Aristotle
These are the tasks I write in my agenda, and then I stare at that page for a long time and wonder if it will still be there tomorrow. And it will be there tomorrow if I don’t do something about it. To get things moving, a different type of motivation is needed. However, you must understand that this kind of motivation only helps you in the short term.
When this motivation is used excessively, it becomes toxic.
I propose 5 types of extrinsic motivation that have immediate effects in the short term:
Competitive motivation when you want to achieve better results, a better time. You need a competitor, for…
