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The Problem With Motivation

In order to change, you have to have the motivation to change.  For a lot of people, the summoning up the motivation to change feels more painful than staying in the same.  (That's a combination of Tony Robbins and Dave Ramsey).  Why do we stay in the same job, work for the same client, and endure the same employer when we know each day is going to a bring a "Please shoot me moment"'?  Why do we complain about our health while drinking a gallon of zero calorie soda every day?  Why do we complain about our finances when there is a high-priced German automobile in the garage?  The problem with motivation is that many of us don't have it in order to make real change in our lives. We envy the ones that do when the reality is that each and every one of us has the power to do something.  We just don't.  Change doesn't happen overnight. Based on my current observations, it doesn't even happen over the course of a few months - and that c...