#book The Motivation Myth is a book written by [[Jeff Haden]]. I did not read the book but I learned about its core idea from [[Ali Abdaal]]'s video: [[How to Stop Procrastinating]]. **The core idea is that accomplishment creates motivation, not the other way around.** People normally think that procrastination is due to the lack of motivation, but that motivation never comes so they keep procrastinating. That is because it is the feeling of accomplishment **is** motivation, and the only way to kickstart that feeling is by doing! So conventional wisdom is right: instead of thinking in terms of "motivation", think in terms of "discipline" and "habit", which is what ultimately gets things done. Related: [[the five-minute rule]] ![[the five-minute rule#^7a7acb]]