During a training programme at the university today, I was surprised to hear something the presenter was talking about: action before motivation.
I always thought and believed that to perform an action, one needs to be motivated. The quality of effort is directly proportional to the level of motivation. But this speaker, speaking in the context of tackling procrastination, was saying that one needs to start doing an action and draw motivation from that to continue! This inverse logic was a bit confusing. But given that I am waiting for motivation to start writing something, ends up with me still waiting, I thought there would be some truth in what he is saying. At the same time, I also know from experience that once in the momentum, work just flows. Writing just happens, when I've begun. The whole problem is the start!
So how does one get started at all, if one is least motivated to do it? For now, all I can tell myself is to 'write 200 words'; in contrast, to 'finish my PhD'!
Easier said than done!
I always thought and believed that to perform an action, one needs to be motivated. The quality of effort is directly proportional to the level of motivation. But this speaker, speaking in the context of tackling procrastination, was saying that one needs to start doing an action and draw motivation from that to continue! This inverse logic was a bit confusing. But given that I am waiting for motivation to start writing something, ends up with me still waiting, I thought there would be some truth in what he is saying. At the same time, I also know from experience that once in the momentum, work just flows. Writing just happens, when I've begun. The whole problem is the start!
So how does one get started at all, if one is least motivated to do it? For now, all I can tell myself is to 'write 200 words'; in contrast, to 'finish my PhD'!
Easier said than done!
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