Clarity and Inspired Action

If you find yourself unable to take action or confused about what to do next, it’s not because of your lack of motivation.

Lack of motivation is a symptom of a different issue. Lack of motivation is caused by a lack of clarity.

The best approach to this is, instead of spending time trying to figure out why you aren’t “motivated” and taking action, spend some time figuring out what action you can take. Instead of spending time trying to motivate yourself, spend that time figuring out what you really want. In the end, any action is better than no action. Yes, clarity creates inspired action, and action—any action—is the antidote to despair. Start where you are. Even if you take the wrong action, you are still lapping all the people sitting on the couch waiting for some magic bullet of motivation. Some people believe that there are no wrong actions. I happen to be one of them, but you don’t have to be.