The famous writer, Stephen King, doesn’t wait for motivation to arrive. Every morning, he sits at his desk and writes. And as he begins to write, the inspiration comes. In other words, he doesn’t wait for his muse to appear, he demands its presence. The point is, you don’t need to feel motivated to do anything. This is an inaccurate way of thinking called “emotional reasoning”. It is the idea that because we feel a certain way, it must be true. Because you feel unmotivated, it must be true that you can’t complete your task today. Because you feel scared, it must be true that you can’t possibly
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