Motivation isn't what gets things done. Speaker B argues that waiting for inspiration is a commitment problem: real progress requires deliberate effort, not a spark that may never come.
they have a commitment problem. So what is this?
That's a great question. And it speaks to a couple of ideas that I've, I've explored in other books and in other blog posts that motivation is kind of like inspiration. We think that if we're going to do something that's worth doing, if we're going to do work that matters with people we care about, if you know, we're going to engage in some sort of endeavor, we have to sit around and wait for inspiration to come visit us.
And once we get inspiration, then we'll have motivation and then we can do the thing.
And I don't think that that's the way inspiration works. I love Elizabeth Gilbert's TED Talk about this, where she talks about inspiration is, is always in the ether. It's always circling around. I'm looking for the people that are already doing the work, the people that are already in the arena, that are already putting in the blood, sweat, and tears. Because what inspiration wants is for its idea to be brought into the world. And if it goes and gives the idea to someone that's sitting on the couch, they'll always just keep talking themselves until, that's a good idea, but now I have to wait for the right moment, or I have to do some research or take a course or get a guru or, you know, whatever.
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