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BabebyDesign
BabebyDesign Posts: 5 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
What kinds of beliefs get you going? What makes you work harder and better?

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  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    Regarding what exactly?
  • lgfrie
    lgfrie Posts: 1,449 Member
    The same holds true for hippopotami.
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    I want a hippopotamus for Christmas 🎵🎶🎵
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    Nothing really. I don't go in for all that rah, rah stuff. I have my life goals that I've internalized and I work towards them every day. I already work harder and better in the context of a life balanced with other things.
  • puffbrat
    puffbrat Posts: 2,806 Member
    Only a hippopotamus will do
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    RelCanonical wrote: »
    I'm a sad, jaded individual, so for me, worker harder has gotten me nowhere. I've been able to meet my goals by figuring out the laziest way to do it while still rewarding myself handsomely for what little effort I did put in. So I guess my mantra would be "work smarter, not harder, but make it look like you're just working harder".

    Same!
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    BabebyDesign wrote: »
    What kinds of beliefs get you going? What makes you work harder and better?

    I believe if I turn the key in my car, it will get going. And it works!!!
  • 150poundsofme
    150poundsofme Posts: 523 Member
    It really should be to stay alive (healthy and fit) to be around for my now young adult children. Why isn't that enough to stop me from binging? When I lost a lot of weight, it was so much easier for me to walk around and move. So why did I gain 25 lbs? I want the fun and a healthier life. Just not able all the time to put my mind into it and to stay the course.
  • GummiMundi
    GummiMundi Posts: 396 Member
    BabebyDesign wrote: »
    What kinds of beliefs get you going? What makes you work harder and better?

    I mostly believe in myself and in my abilities to improve.

    But somehow I doubt that was the answer you were looking for... sorry if that's the case.
  • Emmapatterson1729
    Emmapatterson1729 Posts: 1,296 Member
    RelCanonical wrote: »
    I'm a sad, jaded individual, so for me, working harder has gotten me nowhere. I've been able to meet my goals by figuring out the laziest way to do it while still rewarding myself handsomely for what little effort I did put in. So I guess my mantra would be "work smarter, not harder, but make it look like you're just working harder".

    This is classic!! Love it!!! I feel very similar.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,571 Member
    BabebyDesign wrote: »
    What kinds of beliefs get you going? What makes you work harder and better?

    No beliefs ... just a physical condition. If I'm not exhausted I work harder and better.
  • dewit
    dewit Posts: 1,468 Member
    edited September 2019
    Scale, mirrors... those things that should really not matter.
    Conforming to my rules. The feeling of being in control over my life.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    What makes me work harder and better is creating habits and the discipline to stick with them.

    If you are referring to motivation, that's something I can't count on, so don't.
  • littlegreenparrot1
    littlegreenparrot1 Posts: 702 Member
    I am an Amazon working to fulfil my destiny while maintaining relentless optimism in the face of all available evidence.
  • Iamw0ndrw0man
    Iamw0ndrw0man Posts: 6 Member
    I used to be able to fuel by frustration or stress into working out harder, but somehow lost the ability when I stopped working out a couple of years ago :( but perhaps that could work for you?
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    What makes me work harder and better is creating habits and the discipline to stick with them.

    If you are referring to motivation, that's something I can't count on, so don't.

    Amen! My beliefs. There is a happy place! That keeps me going.
  • FireyChimera
    FireyChimera Posts: 155 Member
    Well I don't "work hard", I am just trying to love and accept myself. Not to stress about who I am and work on enjoying life and being happy
  • aokoye
    aokoye Posts: 3,495 Member
    RelCanonical wrote: »
    I'm a sad, jaded individual, so for me, working harder has gotten me nowhere. I've been able to meet my goals by figuring out the laziest way to do it while still rewarding myself handsomely for what little effort I did put in. So I guess my mantra would be "work smarter, not harder, but make it look like you're just working harder".

    Yep, all of this. I do things I like and try to make sure that the barriers to doing those things are as low as possible. If there's something I like less but see the usefulness of (ie. riding my bike inside), I will try to make the experience of doing that thing as enjoyable as possible and remind myself that not doing so will not help with my various goals.

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