Lacking Self-Motivation? Evaluate These Three Root Beliefs

There is always a root cause for lacking self-motivation and it’s not that you’re lazy. Using laziness as your excuse for lacking motivation will only stop you from finding the real reason. Instead, focus on the facts. Motivation is the energy to act. Self-motivation is when that energy to act comes from within instead of […]

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The Perfect Recipe for Raising a Self-Motivated Child

I’m no chef, but I do know the best recipes have the fewest ingredients and a lot of love. This same rule of thumb applies to the recipe for raising a self-motivated child. There are only two ingredients that parents need to raise a self-motivated child. First, start with psychologist Bonnie Benard’s research on raising […]

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What Stephen Covey Meant When He Said ‘Begin with The End in Mind’

Stephen Covey’s classic book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People tells readers to “begin with the end in mind” in habit #2. As this book is one of the most popular books in history, you’ve probably heard this advice multiple times over the years. I would say the idea to begin with the end in […]

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