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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

3278: [Part 2] How to Get Motivated: The "Do Something" Principle by Mark Manson on Motivation

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

Optimal Living Daily LLC

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3278: Mark Manson explores strategies to maintain motivation, emphasizing the power of rituals, minimizing distractions, and uncovering deeper reasons for lack of drive. By implementing the “Do Something” Principle, you can start with small actions that lead to bigger changes, making motivation a more consistent force in your life. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://markmanson.net/how-to-get-motivated Quotes to ponder: "The distractions of the digital age hack the vulnerabilities of our psychology. They give us little microbursts of dopamine that feel good in the moment, but amount to very little in the grand scheme of things." "I’ve argued for years now that facing uncomfortable emotions is precisely what makes us grow as individuals." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mom, Dad, can we work around?

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James, come round.

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Can we have Tykaw,

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Your makeup? We need speakers.

0:07.0

Pastors.

0:08.0

He's broken it.

0:09.0

She's crying.

0:10.0

Where's the football?

0:12.0

Can we watch cartoons?

0:13.9

Need a crowd pleaser?

0:15.0

Let's watch something with planets.

0:16.8

A musical.

0:18.0

cartoons.

0:18.7

The match.

0:19.7

New EE TV lets you search live and on demand all in one place. Search E. E. T.

0:27.0

E. T. E. T. requires E. E. E. broadband. Content may vary terms apply.

0:30.0

This is optimal living daily episode 3288. The Do Something Principal Part 2

0:39.2

by Mark Manson of Mark Manson. Net and I'm Justin Malik.

0:43.0

Welcome to the old podcast, the OLD Podcast Optimal Living Daily,

0:48.0

where I read to you like a big ongoing audiobook from many different authors, today being a continuation from yesterday's

0:55.0

so I'd recommend listening to yesterday's episode first.

0:58.0

But if you're all caught up, let's get right to part two and continue optimizing your life.

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