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And that brings us to the next step.
In Lesson One you chose a habit you wanted
to change. And now you may be looking
for someone to cheer you on and praise
you for what you’re doing. But the odds are
you aren’t going to receive a lot of external
motivation when you’re setting out to make
that change. If you do, that’s wonderful. But
when we teach you the principles of internal
motivation in Part 2 of this lesson, you will
learn how to stay motivated even though
this external praise isn’t coming your way.
The common cycle in a weight-loss goal, for
example, is that when you begin to look a
little thinner, people begin to notice and
compliment you on your hard work with a
“well done” or a “you look great.” But once
you reach your goal-weight and the praises
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stop it becomes much more difficult to stay
motivated and then weight-gain becomes
an issue again.
THIS IS THE "SECRET"!
Most habit-change doesn’t succeed
long-term because it’s dependent on
external motivation. If you can understand
that, then you are ready to move on to
the second part of this lesson. We’re going
to teach you a calculation that you can
do inside your own brain, which – if done
properly – will not only create motivation,
but help you deal with the moments
when your motivation falters. It will
change your life.
LESSON 2: PART 2
WHAT ARE THE ODDS?
Previously in Part 1 of this lesson, we
discussed that there are two types of
motivation – EXTERNAL MOTIVATION and
INTERNAL MOTIVATION. We also learned
that external motivation is temporary and
fleeting, while internal motivation is the key
to becoming a finisher and transforming your
life. Internal motivation is what will push you
to succeed when there is no one else there
to motivate you. It’s the feeling in your gut
that is urging you to get off the couch and
workout; it’s the voice in your head telling
you to take the extra initiative in class or
at work. But you already knew that. You
wouldn’t have started this program if the
desire to change your circumstance wasn’t
already somewhere inside you. Remember,
this program isn’t about information; it’s
about transformation. We’re going to teach
you a formula that will help you act on that
gut feeling in the pit of your stomach and
respond to the urging of that voice in your
head. It’s a formula that will not only help
you tap into the wellspring of motivation
you have inside you, but also help you
pinpoint – and ultimately destroy – the
things inside you that make you feel
unmotivated. But only listen to this if you’re
actually ready to make that change. You
can’t just hear the formula; you’ve got to
memorize it and implement it each day.
That is what will bring change in your
habits and ultimately change in your life.
Are you ready? Then let’s get down to it!
One of the biggest things that affects our
motivation is our perceived “ODDS OF
SUCCESS” at any given goal we may or may
not set for ourselves. For example, let’s say
Lesson 2: Part 2
someone offered you one hundred dollars.
You would gladly accept it right? Of course
you would. Now, let’s say you were required
to run 1 mile in order to get that money.
Would you do it? Absolutely you would! Now,
let’s say the reward was 500 dollars, but
you had to run 5 miles to get it. Is this still
something you would do? The vast majority
of you would answer yes. That money is
motivating you to dig down deep and do
those miles. Even if you’ve never run 5 miles
at a time before, most of you would jog, walk
or even crawl to make it happen, because
that 500 dollars is motivating you. Now
here’s where things get interesting. Let’s say
you were offered ten thousand dollars to run
5 miles. BUT you have to do it in under 20
minutes. Literally, everyone listening to this
just became very unmotivated, right? You’re
not thinking about the ten thousand dollars
anymore; you’re thinking about the fact that
there maybe one or two people in the world
that can make that time and that you are
definitely not one of them.
Your motivation is gone. You’re not even
going to try because you did the calculation
in your brain and you’ve come to the
conclusion that the odds of success are
absolutely zero.
How many times do we do this on a daily
basis? We literally weigh the reward and the
odds of success against the hard work it’s
going to take to achieve them. These three
things are the components of motivation:
odds of success, reward and hard work.
And if you can understand how they relate
to each other then you are on your way to
making a change. So let’s break it down.
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