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Strong Performance And Results By Embracing Awesome Natural Motivation

Unlock Your Full Potential by Tapping into Innate Motivational Power

Philip A. Christensen
3 min readSep 1, 2024
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I’ve noticed that when you stop forcing things, you start to thrive.

As the ancient Romans used to say: Festina lente, “Make haste slowly!”

The more natural you are, the more you can achieve.

You’ll perform better if you can be natural in everything you do. Birds fly, horses run, and flowers bloom in their own time. It’s not something so deep that it becomes a social media meme!

When you want to pick apples, you plant apple seeds, not orange seeds, and it’s not always necessary to add fertilizer.

In this scenario, the seed is intrinsic, while the fertilizer is something extrinsic.

No matter how powerful external motivations are, they can’t replace internal motivation and values. And if you want the tree to grow, you need to prioritize the intrinsic.

Unfortunately, many people don’t approach life this way.

They focus more on extrinsic motivations rather than intrinsic ones.

They see external motivators like money, status, or applause as keys to their success.

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Philip A. Christensen
Philip A. Christensen

Written by Philip A. Christensen

Author and coach, I write for ambitious solopreneurs, creative freelancers, and overwhelmed leaders who want to know how to deal with their self-sabotage.

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