Daily blog (audio): It's after, not before [Motivation]

<p>It's after, not before [Motivation]</p> <p><br> <br> We're on a mission to help one million people RISE by 2030 - join the movement at <a href="http://www.myrise.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.myrise.co.uk</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Next March, I’ll have been in the Fitness Industry for 20 years.</p> <p>This blows my mind.</p> <p>Many things have changed over that time frame.</p> <p>And many things have stayed exactly the same.</p> <p>For all that time, the number one thing people tell me they struggle with is…………..</p> <p>Motivation.</p> <p>There may be other factors there too, but that’s mentioned more than anything else and always has been.</p> <p>Which I get.</p> <p>Ultimately, the main reason we don’t do anything sufficiently frequently over time is that we don’t feel sufficiently motivated to do it.</p> <p>If we did, we would’ve done it.</p> <p>I’ve mentioned many times that I’d quite like to be able to play a musical instrument.</p> <p>But the fact that I’ve put practically zero time and effort into it shows I’m not really that bothered.</p> <p>I’ve never been particularly motivated by it.</p> <p>Which is fine.</p> <p>Although, the irony with exercise, better eating, etc is………</p> <p>We probably have all felt motivated by it at some point in the past.</p> <p>Usually when we were doing it.</p> <p>We just lose that feeling.</p> <p>When we stop doing it.</p> <p>Because motivation is an ‘after emotion’.</p> <p>It comes from the doing.</p> <p>Not the waiting.</p> <p>And sometimes it takes time to come when we’re doing.</p> <p>But it’ll come in the end.</p> <p>If we keep doing.</p> <p>When we remember that (and that the body responds the same whether we’re motivated or not if we’re ‘doing’)…………</p> <p>And we ‘do’ even though we’re not motivated……….</p> <p>That’s the only way we ever become motivated!</p> <p>Motivation as an after emotion, not a before one.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Much love,</p> <p>Jon ‘noon tea’ Hall</p>