THE MYTH OF MOTIVATION (AND WHAT YOU NEED INSTEAD)

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  • mamagirl49
    mamagirl49 Posts: 97 Member
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    Bless you Captian! I like it alot.
  • sluggz
    sluggz Posts: 134
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    glad i read this today, it came up at the perfect time. Thanks for sharing.
  • upnorthgirl01
    upnorthgirl01 Posts: 32 Member
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    Perfect.
  • moment_to_arise
    moment_to_arise Posts: 207 Member
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    That’s only as hard as the story we tell ourselves.

    Best thing I have read on here in a long time.
  • bethanytowell
    bethanytowell Posts: 256 Member
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    This should be a sticky on every board....a requirement to read when you sign up!
  • adoreme214
    adoreme214 Posts: 50 Member
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    I love this post. Thanks! I'm on Jillian Michaels Body Revolution (day 3). Eating my breakfast right now & was thinking how I miss the Bull$*%t I ate that got me where I'm at. At the same time reading your post I am encouraged to do what I set out to to do. I'm dedicated to enduring this 97 days successfully!
  • Rosylee1976
    Rosylee1976 Posts: 39 Member
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    Many thanks for this post - it has really helped me.
  • MissNordicLight
    MissNordicLight Posts: 140 Member
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    Thank you for posting this, now I'm heading off to Vic's blog to get MORE :)
  • darkrider42
    darkrider42 Posts: 5,324 Member
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    Let me pile on too! :bigsmile:

    This has rung so very true for me too. I loved the analogy to quitting smoking because it really is *just* like that. I personally know several people (myself included) that struggled internally with quitting smoking. I tried a few times to stop, but it wasn't until I truly *DECIDED* I was done that the battle was finally won. And then it became easy. Peaceful. Those other people? They haven't gotten there yet and are still struggling and smoking. They're just not really ready I guess.

    I've given several people the link to this thread now. Thank you very much for posting it.
  • JenFit77
    JenFit77 Posts: 23 Member
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    Love it, Bump! :-)
  • fayefern
    fayefern Posts: 57 Member
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    Bump to read again later thanks
  • Ideabaker
    Ideabaker Posts: 508 Member
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    Straightforward truth. Everyone on MFP should read this. Thanks so much for posting!
  • Kookyk9s
    Kookyk9s Posts: 259 Member
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    From my fridge magnet:

    "Self respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."

    Abraham Joshua Heschel
  • myrealname
    myrealname Posts: 90 Member
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    Bump to read it over and over again.
  • sabified
    sabified Posts: 1,051 Member
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    From my fridge magnet:

    "Self respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."

    Abraham Joshua Heschel

    I think I need that magnet...
  • paprikas
    paprikas Posts: 118 Member
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    Bump
  • moveyourself
    moveyourself Posts: 40
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    bump
  • Froody2
    Froody2 Posts: 338 Member
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    I remember reading this when it was first posted and thought I'd tagged it but nooo. Was thinking the other day I would have loved to read it again but couldn't for the life of me find it. Nice bit of serendipity, eh :flowerforyou:
  • FrankieBenjamin
    FrankieBenjamin Posts: 61 Member
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    cheers for sharing this! its so true we have to motivate ourselves :0)
  • JenFit77
    JenFit77 Posts: 23 Member
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    bump to keep it going :smile:

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