How do you get motivated?

(Note: In a series of posts, now called readers choice, I'll write about whatever people submit and vote for.  If you dig this, let me know if the comments, and submit your ideas and votes).

The next top vote getter in the pile with 56 points was How do you get yourself motivated.

I'm going to cheat here, as I wrote a nice tasty essay on this very question:

How to stay motivated – give it a spin. I think you'll like it.

I think "how to stay" is a better question, since I know many people who...