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How to motivate yourself to do a thing you don't want to do

285 pointsby mooredsyesterday at 3:25 PM207 commentsview on HN

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willahmadyesterday at 3:44 PM

"I will read it after this 15 min short video"

globalnodeyesterday at 11:35 PM

just do it is the only way forward. perhaps helped by breaking things up into smaller chunks (pomodoro's perhaps). action precedes and creates motivation.

danielmarkbruceyesterday at 8:05 PM

Only doing it once a week is the problem. Good luck making a habit out of that.

entslscheiayesterday at 8:48 PM

why?

everyoneyesterday at 5:00 PM

Do what u wanna do.

Don't do what u don't wanna do.

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Or at least try, doing otherwise is crazy right?

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ameliusyesterday at 3:53 PM

We can learn from people who go to church every Sunday.

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ImPrajyothyesterday at 4:01 PM

You need Drive to get things done. Motivational can only make you start them.

nextworddevyesterday at 5:20 PM

Biggest productivity hack is to just avoid working in fields you don’t feel passionate about. If you don’t know what you are passionate about, then just keep trying things passionately