Motivation Is Wonderful and Unreliable - Motivation Monday Game Plan - #1975

“Send Coach John a message”

I found a wonderful post from Alan Stein, Jr. (@AlanSteinJr) who wrote two incredible books.  “Raise Your Game” and “Sustain Your Game” were both powerful reads for me, not only as a basketball coach & teacher, but as a human being looking to keep getting better.  Now I see he’s got another book out - guess I need to grab that one up too.  Here is what he shared about Motivation.  He says this:  “Motivation is wonderful. It's also unreliable. If your standard depends on feeling motivated, your performance will fluctuate with your mood. Discipline closes that gap. Discipline is not punishment. It's not grinding yourself into exhaustion. It's keeping the commitments you've made to yourself - especially when doing so is inconvenient. The goal isn't to feel inspired every morning. The goal is to create routines that make the right behavior easier to repeat. Decide what matters. Put it on the calendar. Remove unnecessary friction. Start before you feel ready. Then repeat. Professionals don't eliminate emotion. They simply don't allow every emotion to renegotiate their standards. Motivation can help you begin. Discipline helps you continue.”  Incredible insight here for each of us to unpack and connect with in our own way, each and every day we can! It reminds me about “Standards over feelings” by Ben Newman says.  So many great life lessons in this for all of us.  Thanks for listening.  Please take a few moments to subscribe & share this with someone, also leave a 5 Star rating on Apple Podcasts and ITunes or other services where you find this show.  Find me on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/coachtoexpectsuccess/   on Twitter / “X”:  @coachtosuccess   and on Instagram at:  @coachjohndaly  - My YouTube Channel is at: Coach John Daly.   Email me at: [email protected]     You can also head on over to https://www.coachtoexpectsuccess.com/ and get in touch with me there on my homepage along with checking out my Top Book list too.  Other things there on my site are being worked on too.  Please let me know that you are reaching out to me from my podcast.  ** I would appreciate anyone to try clicking on the top of the show notes where it says "Send us a text" to leave a few thoughts / comments / questions.  It's a new feature that I'd like to see how it works. **