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I'm your host, Elise Hugh. Most of us have been there or know someone who has. You're doing everything

right, showing up, doing the work, taking care of everyone around you. And yet, something still feels flat.

You cannot lose your motivation because you never owned it in the first place.

Motivation is not about being strong, it's about being wise.

That's behavioral scientist Islet Fishbach, one of the world's leading experts on motivation.

Her advice? You can't just pull it out of thin air. Instead, you have to learn how to motivate yourself. In this talk, she

shares surprisingly simple wisdom from 20 years of research on how to set goals that you'll stick to,

stay energized when things get hard and side step procrastination.

Most goals are abandoned because we want to be the person who has done it,

not the person who is currently doing it.

Most goals are abandoned because people don't enjoy pursuing it.

Your enjoyment is what predicts whether you will stick with a goal.

That's coming up right after a short break.

And now our TED Talk of the Day.

A good friend has recently shared that she's feeling tired, like really tired, not I did not get enough sleep tired, but something deeper than that.

She said she feels, and I'm quoting, as if I have lost my motivation.

I call her brave because she's so clearly dedicated to her job

and conducts herself with professionalism and kindness.

She's a wonderful parent who cares for her children.

And she's very responsible when it gets to her finance and health.

She is not alone in feeling unmotivated.

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