Human behaviour is based on motivation: we choose the course of action that most motivates us. For example, if you are motivated to run a marathon, then you run a marathon: your motivation to run a marathon (pull factor) supersedes all the push factors against running a marathon.
It is no wonder that motivational quotes do not work: people simply read a line. For you to start doing whatever you are trying to get yourself to do, the pull factors simply need to supersede the push factors. Reading a motivational quote will not cause that to happen: how you truly feel about that action will. If you need to read a motivational quote to do something, that means your pull factors are not strong enough, and that line alone is not going to change that.
I think the best example is losing weight. I have heard many people say "I wish I wasn't overweight" and I simply reply to them: of course you wish that, but you are not willing to work for it: even though you wish to lose weight, you wish MORE to live a lifestyle that results in you being overweight. Motivational quotes are similar: you read a line that evokes some magic feeling, but ultimately, the only thing that will decide whether you will actually change your behaviour is whether the pull factors for that particular behaviour supersede the push factors. The determination of that comes from internal factors, not just reading a line.
Submitted April 30, 2017 at 09:02PM by pol3micpanth3r http://ift.tt/2pjL6IK
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