Episode 206: Why Motivation Is Useless

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen

Entrepreneurship, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Business

4.5 • 818 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s solo episode, Jennifer discusses why motivation alone won't get you to where you want to be, why delayed gratification is important to success, and her tips for curbing unhealthy eating habits. She also dives into a back-and-forth with her foil Shanni on what temperature people should set their thermostats to. Find out Jen’s secret to getting anything you want out of life Join Jen’s new Facebook group! Follow Jennifer – Instagram – Facebook – Twitter – Jennifer’s Website Did you learn something from tuning in today? Please pay it forward and write us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. If you have feedback for the show, please email habitsandhustlepod@gmail.com Get yourself a copy of Jennifer Cohen’s newest book from Habit Nest, Badass Body Goals Journal. Habits & Hustle Website Habit Nest Website

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0:00.0	We're recording. Oh, hi, everybody. Hello, hello. This is another solo episode brought to you by
0:07.8	Habits and Hustle. And thank you for joining. Thank you for listening. I appreciate it.
0:15.5	This is not really something. It's not my nature to just be blabbing on and on. So I actually, it is my nature
0:22.5	to blab on and on. It's not my nature to blab on and on on a camera just as a solo episode. So
0:29.1	I'm very happy that I have my foil, Shawnee, to sit with me, give me some encouragement and
0:36.0	some just moral support, really is what it is.
0:39.2	Thank you.
0:40.7	I appreciate that.
0:42.1	And today we're speaking about motivation.
0:44.8	And the reason why we're speaking about motivation is I am not a big believer in the word
0:50.5	motivation.
0:51.6	And the reason why I wanted to bring this topic up is because the first
0:56.0	question a lot of people always ask is, how do I find motivation? How do I get motivated? You know,
1:03.8	and I feel like motivation is a really, really not a great thing to rely on to get you to where you want to be.
1:12.4	Because motivation is very much, it wanes, right?
1:16.2	Some days were motivated.
1:17.5	Some hours were motivated.
1:19.2	Some minutes were motivated.
1:21.1	And then we're not.
1:22.5	And so to rely on that.
1:25.2	And that also goes with, I have to say, a nice sister or brother to motivation is
1:30.6	willpower.
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