The importance of Mindset is best explained through the research of Carol S. Dweck in her preeminent book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. She explains that your mindset is the connection between how you think and how you behave. A metaphor you can use to explain this connection between how you think and how you […]
When you lack motivation to sustain the day-to-day grind of pursuing a goal, motivation is not your problem. Instead, you have a problem with commitment. As I wrote yesterday, the difference between motivation and commitment is that motivation is a feeling and commitment is a choice. Feelings come and go; choices are permanent until you […]
Motivation is the energy to act. Self-motivation is when that energy to act comes from within instead of from an external source. The problem most of us have with self-motivation is when we want something but don’t have the energy within to act on that desire. So, we then lean on extrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation is […]