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Want to write a book? I’ll take a writing
course. Then find the perfect coffee shop.
Then I’ll write a masterpiece. Wrong. Want
to write a book? Write one page. Even if it
sucks. The fact you did it will convince you
that you can do it. Then you’ll want to do it.
Want to start exercising? I’ll save up for
a gym membership and new shoes. Then
I’ll make the perfect playlist. And then
find a gym buddy. Wrong. Want to start
exercising? Run out your front door. Just
run. It doesn’t matter what you’re wearing.
It doesn’t matter how far you go. You could
run to the stop sign in dress shoes. The fact
you did it will convince you that you can do
it. Then you’ll want to do it. Then you’ll be
a confident and motivated person who buys
running shoes for the next time.
IT IS EASIER TO ACT
YOURSELF INTO
A NEW WAY OF
THINKING THAN
THINK YOURSELF
INTO A NEW
WAY OF ACTION.
MOTIVATION DOES
NOT CAUSE ACTION
LIKE WE ALL THINK
IT DOES. ACTION
CAUSES MOTIVATION.
Now get going.
Neil Pasricha is the New York Times-best-selling author of The Happiness Equation and The Book of Awesome series,
which has been published in 10 countries, spent over five years on best-seller lists, and sold over a million copies. Pasricha
is a Harvard MBA, one of the most popular TED speakers of all time, and after 10 years heading Leadership Development
at Walmart he now serves as Director of The Institute for Global Happiness. He has dedicated the past 15 years of his life to
developing leaders, creating global programs inside the world’s largest companies, and speaking to hundreds of thousands
of people around the globe. He lives in Toronto with his wife and sons.
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