"There are no boring tasks, there are no too difficult tasks, there are no uncomfortable tasks, there are no uninteresting tasks. There are only uninteresting or boring or uncomfortable or difficult ways to think about them."
Stefan Falk
EFR 693: The Secret to Never Lose Motivation Again, How to Love Your Work & Succeed Like Never Before with Stefan Falk
Stefan Falk shares his secrets to loving your work and succeeding like never before. He teaches you how to gain intrinsic motivation, overcome procrastination, and improve concentration so you can learn skills faster, sustain high levels of work satisfaction, and work towards any dream or goal you have.
We’ve all experienced lack of motivation or dissatisfaction with work at some point in our life. It’s common for people to feel like their work is boring, uninteresting, difficult, or uncomfortable, yet we continue to stay in those jobs. This begs the question: Do we need to love our work in order to have a good, successful life?
If you’re struggling to find motivation from within or find enjoyment in your work, this episode is for you. “Figuring out how to tap into that energy in a smart way, to unlock our intrinsic motivation, I think that is actually the key challenge that humans should take on,” he says.
Stefan Falk is an internationally-recognized performance coach who helps people achieve things they don’t think they’re capable of. He’s also the author of “Intrinsic Motivation: How to Love Your Work and Succeed as Never Before”.
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Key Highlights
It’s how you think about what you’re supposed to do that decides whether you will love it or not. Thus, it’s all about mindset and taking baby steps towards building and tapping back into intrinsic motivation.
If you learn how to unlock intrinsic motivation, you will gain the ability to learn and master new skills much faster, work effectively towards any type of goal or dream, and sustain great satisfaction in whatever you choose to do or need to do.
Stefan shares how to concentrate more effectively with minimal energy expenditure.
It’s important to recognize the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and how you can balance the two. Listen in to learn more!
Stefan details the fascinating role of fantasy/daydreaming in building intrinsic motivation and the role of intention in sustaining motivation. Hint: The brain gets really good at what it focuses on.
“If you don’t erase negativity from your life, how on Earth are you ever going to have inner peace? It’s impossible,” Stefan says.
Powerful Quotes by Stefan Falk
There are no boring tasks, there are no too difficult tasks, there are no uncomfortable tasks, there are no uninteresting tasks. There are only uninteresting or boring or uncomfortable or difficult ways to think about them.
[Intrinsic motivation] happens when we are involved in solving a challenging problem that interests us… You feel fully immersed in the activity.
I’m not saying that everybody needs to be intrinsically motivated… No, you just need to unlock it when you need it, for your own good.
Too few people understand the power of mastery, not just from a success standpoint but also from a mental strength, psychological well-being standpoint.
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