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Why Rewards Are Destroying Your Motivation

Although rewarding yourself can motivate you in the short-term, it actually hinders your longer-lasting intrinsic motivation. Here's why.

How to Stay Motivated to Lose Weight

Here are 10 unconventional ways to help you stay motivated to lose weight along your weight loss journey.

What Does Accountability Mean, Really?

When you think about motivation and accountability as much as I do, sometimes it helps to take a step back and actually define what we're...

How to Ask for Encouragement

One of the greatest sources of motivation can come from other people. How do you directly ask someone for their support? Here are some tips.

How to Hold Yourself Accountable

You've decided to set a new self-improvement goal. You've done your research, maybe read a few books or articles about steps you can star...

The Protégé Effect: How Doing for Others Makes Us Do More

Looking for a way to get better at something? Do it for someone else. The Roman philosopher Seneca said, "when we teach, we learn." Resea...

FOMO: A Surprising Way to Stay Motivated

If you're like me, you have a general idea of what you need to do to achieve your goals. Knowledge isn't the problem: staying motivated i...

How to Encourage Someone

So someone's asked you to hold them accountable to their goals. You want to be a good accountability partner, but maybe you're wondering ...

Feeling Lazy? Here Are Four Ways to Trick Yourself into Being Productive.

When you're struggling to get motivated, here are some easy ways to start the momentum without getting overwhelmed.

10 Inspiring Quotes for When You Need a Boost

We've all been there: you're working towards a goal and you hit a rough patch. You're struggling to persevere. You're considering quittin...

The Company You Keep: A Powerful Motivator

Jim Rohn famously stated, “You are the average of the 5 people closest to you.” Indeed, by helping define what’s acceptable and unaccepta...

What’s an Accountabilibuddy? And Where to Find One.

Having an accountabilibuddy can transform any goal you're working towards. It motivates you to know someone's counting on you.

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