This document discusses motivation and willpower. It argues that motivation alone is not sufficient for long-term success and can actually be counterproductive. Motivation is an immediate drive but does not last. Willpower is more important for sustaining long-term goals. The document recommends strengthening willpower by surrounding yourself with supportive, ambitious people and cutting ties with negative influences. It also suggests focusing on short-term goals to build motivation towards longer-term objectives.

1. Why Motivation
Sucks and how to
Succeed without it
BY: CODY MCLAIN

2. Motivation just might be the very reason
for your failure to begin with.
Maybe we lean on
motivation a little more
than we should.

3. Psychologists have a number of theories on
where motivation comes from, whether it’s the
Drive Theory, Arousal Theory, or the most
popular one of all, the Humanistic Theory.
But what is Motivation anyway?
In the end, they all try to do just 1 thing –
describe why a person does something.

4. Interestingly enough,
motivations don’t
last because of the
way we humans
think. From a very
young age we’re
actually
programmed to look
at the negative side
of life.
Ever wonder why the news is always
negative?
Oh honey check this out, 23 people were murdered.

5. Willpower is the real
reason you can prolong
a task. Motivations come
from our reptilian side of
our brains to serve our
immediate self-interests.
I’m guessing caveman never had to write a term essay.

6. Our motivations don’t work unless we can see
the immediate short-term goal. However,
motivation can be useful for short-term goals,
or simply getting yourself to the start line.
Without an immediate reward,
we’re more likely to fail on our
long-term goals.

7. With any personal, or business goal you need to learn
how to do one of the following:
A. Continue to use external stimuli such as a
motivational poster, movie or speaker.
B. Learn to use Willpower Properly.
Too many people fail to understand just what
willpower is, and how it is a finite resource that can
be limited starting with what you choose to wear for
the day.

8. I’m saying that we’re using motivation for all
the wrong reasons.The key, is not to master, or
use external motivation.
So what are you saying exactly?
We simply need to learn how to put
a little WD40 on our motivations to
get them rolling on their own with far
less friction. This is done by mastering
your willpower.

9. Stop hanging around the wrong people.You
see, the human mind will always constantly
check itself against the world around it.
So how do I make my willpower stronger?
There’s a saying: “You Become Who You
Surround Yourself”. The origin of this, and
everything else like it (ie. you are what you
eat) came from a guy named Jim Rohn.

10. In fact, you should really watch him talk about this in the video
below. In short, the only way you can fight the hardships is by
having the right people by your side.

11. 1. Ask yourself who are the 5 people you
spend the most time with? Write those 5
people down and then ask how much time
you spend with those individuals.
So what should I do?
2. Look at each persons life,
what they do and how
ambitious they are. Are they
successful, optimistic, happy?

12. 3. Evaluate each person and what effect you
think they have on your life.
4. Now you need to decide if there is
anybody you should cut, or decrease the
time you spend with.
5. If all of a sudden, you find yourself with a lack of
friends, go check out meetup.com and join some
clubs, or organizations that interest you. It’s a great
way to find new friends

13. While this is not the only step to
accomplishing long-term goals, it is
nonetheless an important one. By
influencing the people we associate
ourselves with, we can hack our mind into
helping us create better habits, and
achieve greater success.

14. “It's the possibility that keeps me going, not
the guarantee.”
By: Cody McLain
Blog site: www.mindhack.com
Follow me: @codymclain