Coaching practices for Motivation 3 0
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I’m completely unmotivated and I honestly can’t tell whether it’s that deep down I don’t believe I can pull this off, or that I just don’t care about it
- Every so often I get this burst of fire
- I chase everything completely alone, telling no one and treating asking for support as weakness
- My motivation for this keeps running out because it’s all hanging on some external payoff, and the moment that feels far away I deflate
- When I’m winning the motivation comes easy, but I’m in a rough patch right now
Practices that may help
- Diagnose whether you are stuck on expectancy or value
Before trying to motivate yourself, identify which of the two factors is actually low.
Expectancy-Value Theory: Why You Try (or Don’t) - Surf motivation waves rather than engineering baseline motivation
Motivation is unreliable and peaks are temporary — use high-motivation moments to redesign prompts and ability, not just to behave better.
The Fogg Behavior Model, Made Practical - Meet the relatedness need
Connect the work to people — support, shared purpose, or being seen.
Self-Determination Theory, Made Usable - Connect the task to your identity to activate attainment value
Tasks that are relevant to who you are, not just what you want, have a distinct motivational source that is harder to deplete.
Expectancy-Value Theory: Why You Try (or Don’t) - Connect performance to purpose to sustain engagement under adversity
Ground high-demand performance in a clear "why" that is stable when conditions are worst.
The Ideal Performance State, Made Practical - Capture compelling reasons why
Write the emotional and practical reasons this result matters — the "why" that will sustain action under resistance.
Tony Robbins’ Rapid Planning Method (RPM), Made Practical - Intrinsic motivation
Drive yourself toward goals for internal reasons rather than only external reward or fear.
Emotional Intelligence, Made Practical - Practice self-reevaluation to build a new self-image
Imagine how you will think and feel about yourself once you have changed — and how you’ll feel if you don’t.
The Transtheoretical Model of Change, Made Practical - Leaderboards and social competition
Compare progress with others to add competitive and social pull.
Gamification of Habits - Design behavior with the Fogg Behavior Model (B=MAP)
A behavior happens only when Motivation, Ability, and a Prompt arrive at the same moment.
Tiny Habits, Made Practical
Related concerns
- What Motivates Me
Drive yourself toward goals for internal reasons rather than only external reward or fear.
Intrinsic motivation
- How To Be More Motivated
Before trying to motivate yourself, identify which of the two factors is actually low.
Diagnose whether you are stuck on expectancy or value
- How To Build Motivation
A cue that predicts reward eventually triggers the same dopamine response as the reward itself.
Design a cue that reliably predicts a reward
- How To Increase Motivation
Before trying to motivate yourself, identify which of the two factors is actually low.
- Sustainable Motivation
Tasks that are relevant to who you are, not just what you want, have a distinct motivational source that is harder to deplete.
Connect the task to your identity to activate attainment value
- What Motivates People
Drive yourself toward goals for internal reasons rather than only external reward or fear.
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