Mindset: Motivation
Showing 180 articles for Mindset: Motivation.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
12 productivity hacks that cost nothing
Dan Martell
September 17, 2024
Productivity & habits
10
Deep work & focus
8
Motivation
6
- Stop doing the things that drain you before optimising the rest.
- Artificial urgency and Pomodoro blocks beat willpower every time.
- Recovery time is not optional — it is where big decisions are made.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Stoicism is not dark: Marcus Aurelius on duty, joy, and action
The Daily Stoic
September 10, 2024
Resilience & grit
8
Motivation
8
- Stoicism is a joyful, empowering philosophy — not cold or depressing.
- Happiness ensues from serving others, not from pursuing pleasure.
- Stop booing the situation; do the thing you actually control.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Mindset habits that sustain long-term entrepreneurial success
Silicon Valley Girl
September 6, 2024
Resilience & grit
9
Motivation
8
Delegation
5
- Fall in love with the problem, not the shiny outcome.
- Networking time should grow as your seniority grows.
- One meeting that felt pointless changed the startup's trajectory.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Five traits that drive success in business and life
GaryVee
August 27, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
7
Motivation
6
- Fear — not circumstance — is the reason most people stay professionally stuck.
- Courage's only real regret is the jump you never took.
- Free social media distribution is a closing window; not using it will sting.
17 rules of success used by the top 0.01% of earners
Dan Martell
August 6, 2024
Motivation
9
Long-term planning
8
Goal setting
7
- The results you want are hidden in the work you're avoiding.
- Simple scales, complex fails — cut 60–70% and profit more.
- Be a river: give ideas away free, charge for implementation.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Six life lessons for your twenties and beyond
Silicon Valley Girl
July 23, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Goal setting
8
Motivation
8
- Passion turns you into a 1.2 performer — mediocrity compounds downward
- Start passive income in your twenties; the stock market is the easiest entry
- Your focus shapes reality — positive framing changes the decisions you make
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Finding your calling: talent, passion and the sweet spot
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Motivation
8
Vision & mission
6
- Success without significance is always empty — talent alone isn't enough.
- The sweet spot lives at the intersection of top talent and top passion.
- Changing careers rarely means starting over — it's a detour, not a reset.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Mental habits that hold you back: lessons from Amy Morin
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
8
Motivation
6
- Eliminating bad mental habits matters as much as building good ones.
- Resentment of others' success costs you focus on your own goals.
- Overnight success is a myth — Morin's viral post followed six years of writing.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Getting unstuck: movement as a practice at any age
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Resilience & grit
8
Motivation
6
- Stuckness is an illusion — redirect the flashlight forward, not back.
- Find the trickle, not the dam: tiny motion is always available.
- A 102-year-old doctor reclaimed her voice at 93 through a dream.
The secret to happiness: shifting from "got to" to "get to"
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Motivation
9
Resilience & grit
5
- Changing one word — "got to" vs "get to" — rewires how work feels.
- High performers are defined by attitude, not credentials or titles.
- Reluctance wasted half a training day; a mindset shift filled eight pages of notes.
21 principles of the top performers
Dan Martell
July 19, 2024
Motivation
9
Long-term planning
7
- Why wanting more and feeling grateful are not mutually exclusive
- Your calendar and bank account reveal what actually matters to you
- The biggest trap of success: building happiness around a destination that never arrives
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Building mental resilience to turn personal adversity into business strength
Bill Gallagher
July 17, 2024
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Motivation
6
- Trying to restore the status quo after crisis guarantees a second crisis.
- Be neutral about current problems; get emotionally invested in future goals.
- Simultaneous cancer diagnoses — son and self — navigated through radical openness.
Finding direction, meaning, and motivation when you feel lost
Dan Martell
July 6, 2024
Motivation
9
Goal setting
8
Identity & self-belief
6
- Your purpose lives right next to the worst thing that happened to you.
- Dark energy proves people wrong; light energy multiplies your output tenfold.
- Retirement at peak wisdom is the worst time to exit the market.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Attention, accountability, and patience: Gary Vaynerchuk on what actually drives success
GaryVee
June 22, 2024
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Motivation
7
- True accountability — owning your outcomes — is the path to happiness.
- Impatience almost always traces back to insecurity, not ambition.
- TikTokification means content quality now beats follower count.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Commitment devices, behavior change, and the science of lasting habits
The Daily Stoic
June 19, 2024
Productivity & habits
9
Motivation
7
Goal setting
5
- Why willpower alone fails — and what actually works instead
- Behavioral tools are permanent guardrails, not training wheels
- Choosing enjoyable paths beats efficient ones for long-term results