3698: Heart-Centered Motivation by Steve Pavlina on Goal Setting and Finding Fulfillment

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🗓️ 10 August 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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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 3698: Steve Pavlina challenges the limits of logic-based goal setting by showing how aligning with heart-centered motivation leads to deeper fulfillment and sustained drive. By trusting your emotional compass over external validation or mental constructs, you can pursue goals that feel authentic and energizing rather than forced or draining. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/11/heart-centered-motivation/ Quotes to ponder: "When your heart’s not in a goal, you’ll procrastinate, and even if you push through and succeed, the victory will feel hollow." "Heart-centered motivation makes you feel inspired, uplifted, and energized. It taps into your spirit and creativity." "Your feelings are your internal compass. Trust them." Episode references: Abraham-Hicks teachings: https://www.abraham-hicks.com/ Psycho-Cybernetics: https://www.amazon.com/Psycho-Cybernetics-Updated-Expanded-Self-Image/dp/0399176136 Getting Things Done by David Allen: https://gettingthingsdone.com/ The Power of Now: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Now-Guide-Spiritual-Enlightenment/dp/1577314808 Think and Grow Rich: https://www.amazon.com/Think-Grow-Rich-Landmark-Bestseller/dp/1585424331 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.4	This is Optimal Living Daily, Heart-Centered Motivation by Steve Pavlina of stevepavlina.com, and I'm Justin Mollick, your host and narrator, and we're going to get right
0:49.4	to it as we optimize your life.
0:55.4	Heart-centered motivation by Steve Pavlina of
0:58.8	stevepavlina.com
1:00.2	In 1998, I had an experience that had a deep and lasting effect on me.
1:07.1	Aaron and I were eating lunch at a local soup and salad place, and I noticed a woman cleaning the tables nearby.
1:13.5	She looked very sad and depressed, as if she'd been chastised by her supervisor or had gotten some bad news.
1:20.0	Aaron and I didn't have a lot of money at the time, even eating this cheap meal was a stretch for our budget.
1:26.1	But as we were getting up to leave, I walked up to
1:28.5	this woman, handed her a $5 bill, and said, I know you're probably not appreciated for the work you do,
1:34.5	but I want you to know that we think you're doing a great job. The woman's facial expression
1:39.6	changed instantly from sadness to genuine gratitude. She looked me straight in the eye and said,
1:46.3	thank you so much. She did her best to hold back tears, but with only partial success. I don't
1:53.7	recall what else she said to me, but I'll always remember the look on her face. In that moment,
1:59.0	we really connected human being to human being. I doubt it was
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