How to Motivate Yourself When You Cannot Go On
It’s Not as Tough as You Think
The lady in the above photo is Bonnie St. Johns.
Bonnie was sexually abused between ages two and seven. At age five, doctors amputated her leg. She got an artificial leg and had to learn to walk again. Her mother was a single working woman and the family was stuck in poverty. Bonnie said they always had “month at the end of money.”
But she created miracles. She didn’t just learn to walk again, she became an athlete. She went on to become the first African American to win a medal in skiing at the Winter Paralympics though she lived in San Diego, where there is no snow.
Naturally, the question Bonnie gets asked often is, “How can I be resilient like you?” This question plagues everyone’s mind, including yours. And mine.
You want to improve your work skills. Get fitter. Read more books. Use your time better. But one thing is always missing — motivation.
You give up on something you enjoy when you must carry on. You touch your smartphone during crucial moments of deep work when you must block out distractions. Then you feel like you suck.
Don’t be so hard on yourself. Most people on planet Earth feel like that. But it doesn’t mean you must resign yourself to this…
