Feb. 4, 2024

Ep. 60: The Dark Side of Motivation

Ep. 60: The Dark Side of Motivation
  • The melancholy of winter is real. Ignoring It won't help. Neither will wallowing in it. Acknowledging it, however, will.

    In the episode Brian and Kasey discuss the dark side of motivation and wrestle with potential solutions.

  • “Keep showing up”
    • Lesson from semi-rad - “Ideas about changing the world in 7 charts

      • “We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world” - Howard Zinn

  • Go silent

  • Clean the clutter

    • Lesson from The Minimalists 

    • Justin McRoberts

      Quit pushing

      Quit trying

      Quit working

      Quit pleading

      Quit dreaming

      Quit asking

      Quit fixing

      Quit persevering

      Quit just long enough

      To be still and quiet

      To look and listen;

      And see if you are still

      Doing what you thought you were

      And becoming who

      You want to be.

      Then either get back to it

      Or move on

      To what’s next

  • See the bigger picture

  • Lesson from two Bills


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