Goals & Motivation
Wanting the thing versus wanting to have done it
A distinction that explains a great deal of stalled ambition, and a test that resolves it in about a minute.
Topic
motivation
Every Peppy Talks article tagged motivation — 6 pieces across 3 sections.
Confidence
Self-compassion, without the softness
A construct with a reasonable evidence base and a name that puts people off, whose main finding is that self-criticism does not work.
Goals & Motivation
Long projects and the middle
Beginnings have novelty and endings have deadlines. The middle has neither, and it is where most long efforts are abandoned.
Goals & Motivation
Motivation is not the thing you are waiting for
The feeling generally follows action rather than preceding it, which inverts how most people plan their week.
Habits
Streaks, and when they stop helping
Counting consecutive days is genuinely motivating and creates a specific fragility that most people discover the hard way.
Habits
Why habits fail in week three
The first fortnight runs on novelty and resolve. What replaces them determines whether anything survives.