A review by gretaxo
The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win by Jeff Haden

- motivation is a result, not a precondition, you feel motivated because you took action
- Motivation is the pride you take in work you have already done—which fuels your willingness to do even more
- It's like a lightning-bolt burst of motivation, like a sugar rush: It feels great but is impossible to maintain
- Wait for a sudden burst of inspiration and you’ll never get started . . . and if you do manage to ride that initial sugar-rush wave, you’ll never stick with it, because sugar rushes never last
- motivation isn’t something you have. Motivation is something you get, from yourself, automatically, from feeling good about achieving small successes
- Accomplishing something, no matter how small the task, makes us feel better about ourselves. That’s why to-do lists are so popular
- Real motivation comes after you start