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how to improve your own motivation to get things done
How to Keep Working When You’re Just Not Feeling It | Harvard Business Review
Set
SMART goals
.
When possible, focus on
intrinsic motivation
instead of extrinsic motivation.
Try to highlight the parts of the job that you enjoy, even if they're small parts.
Try to find
positive reinforcement
('rewards') that work for you.
Ctrl-F for "short middles", it's interesting. It's the tendency to have a burst of energy at the start and end of a project, but to slow down in the middle of it.