How I Stay Motivated

[@keithconrad9033]

Now i am motivated to be disciplined.

[@PopeGoliath]

Be aware that the motivation to be disciplined will fade! You need to become disciplined about discipline.

[@ultimaxkom8728]

@@PopeGoliath Now I am motivated to be disciplined about disciplined.

[@Ttangko_]

@@ultimaxkom8728Be aware that the motivation to be disciplined about discipline* will fade! You need to become disciplined about disciplined about discipline.

[@qwfp]

"Probably more than half of the process to succeeding is literary just turning up. I can't levitate now, because I don't have enough knowledge to levitate, but I can use my wizard staff." Wise words from a wise man 🙏 Thank you for sharing your wisdom Josh

[@soldierhobbes1182]

“Dumb enough to not doubt yourself.” Holy crap that’s actually the secret.

[@SinstixMain]

"you got to be smart enough to be able to do the thing but dumb enough to not doubt yourself" This is GOLD.

[@EXISTENTRILLEST]

EASY, I DON'T!

[@amharbinger]

This is actually good advice, I lost my passion for a lot of things especially relating to work. But doing what Josh said does help.

[@Blandco]

That editing advice is absolutely how I manage to get stuff done. Truth.

[@lyoxs1131]

but what stuff

[@FnirSelk]

I sifted through hours of videos trying to comprehend what motivation is, and how to "stay motivated", as they say. From psychologists and other creators. I got it from this one in the first 4 minutes !

[@jonathanshortall]

I lost my job in December and have been really struggling to get my life back together, I really needed to hear this thanks josh!

[@derigel7662]

You got this. Hope it turns around soon.

[@100hundert]

On my worst days, the only thing that helps is simply doing the NEXT TINY STEP. Like solving the tiniest little task in a tutorial, or the most mundane sidequest. With some tasks, I will never EVER feel like doing it - but I can turn overcoming the internal resistance into a little game. Reframing it like this actually helps me a lot, and it satisfies a similar feeling I get from challenging video games. When you feel low, it's important to be able to get this slight distance from your thoughts and impulses, and realize that you can still ACT despite not feeling like it - and in turn, slowly gain confidence that you can get stuff done. While this feels a bit mechanical at times, it beats sitting on your bed, procrastinating, hating yourself, and not even enjoying your time dodging your tasks.

[@robertbeisert3315]

Two pieces of advice that have served me well since college: 1. The only way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time 2. If you don't know what to do next, just do something

[@dydx_]

Well our brains are designed to only do things step by step. This "overwhelmed" feeling appears to be a problem of a modern, too structured society where we categorize task for efficiency but in the process lose sight a bit too much. At least that's my interpretation of it,

[@DrFous21]

totally agree, for me its always just focusing on the first step and the rest comes. Like when i dont want to go to the gym, i just focus on getting up, then just focus on dressing, then just focus on getting on the car and by the time i turn my brain on again im at the gym half way done and im having fun. Same for other stuff like doing the dishes, just focus on turning on the sink, focus on cleaning 1 plate and then its always since im already here doing it might aswell finish.

[@robertbeisert3315]

@@DrFous21 for some of those, I just need to trick myself over the hump. To go to the gym, I have to put on my gym clothes. I took the time to put on something less comfortable, so I might as well go work out.

[@Archtew]

Just saw the "dont follow trends" video where he said he liked editing and as soon as he said he hates it here i got whiplash

[@DaveyGunface]

Totally agree with the editing 'strat' highlighted in the beginning. Its not revolutionary advice but if you set up your environment where its easy to see the thing™ and easy to begin doing the thing™, you're going to have a lot more success. Easily the single best thing I've done for productivity is future proofing my workload by regularly organizing my necessary files and keeping my necessary apps / websites on so I always know where I'm at in any given project and what I need to do next. As Josh was talking about it also helps substantially to figure out individual steps and taking those on before attempting to take on the BIG thing™ (which is actually just a lot of little things™). Opening your video editor is a step. Inserting the video files is a step. Adding in your voice-over is a step. So on and so forth, its really easy to trick yourself into doing a lot if you just START THE THING™.

[@tangovicious4224]

I cannot overstate how much my life changed for the better when I stopped thinking about how much I wanted to do something and just started doing things. It sucks for a long time at first, but it becomes a habit and you get things done. Life is rarely about what we want and much more about what has to be done.

[@robertbeisert3315]

Started keeping a pocket notebook so I didn't have to fuss over trying to remember the things I think of. Tremendously helpful for making them actually happen.

[@tangovicious4224]

@@robertbeisert3315 yes, writing things down is super helpful. It feels silly at first, but it’s a great tool.

[@SerWinter]

Been doing this 9 years. Josh is right.

[@TheTrueFool]

I think the secret to motivation is that there is no secret. You just start doing the thing and keep doing it. Once you're started, it's usually fairly easy to keep going (imo). I know I tend to think things will be more difficult than they actually end up being. Definite agree with Josh on the idea of breaking big tasks into smaller ones. If you say, "I'm going to clean my entire home," that can be daunting. But if you tell yourself, I'm going to clean my kitchen for 15 minutes, it's a lot easier to approach.

[@KeeperOfLamb]

thank you for answering my question that day, genuinely made my day better and genuinely helped me out too ^^, if i ever make it out there you will be part of the reason i made it, thank you.

[@LordTzeentch]

People do need to get into the mindset that “if I don’t do this, then that won’t happen”. Because that’s the truth. I turn up to work not because it’s fun or accomplishing, but because if I don’t I won’t get paid. I could absolutely love going gym or absolutely detest it, but I can’t build muscle or aid in getting healthier mentally or physically unless I turn up.

[@tundranocaps]

Depression does show that even though people think they're "not motivated," they do have some motivation. Depression shows you the impact of true lack of motivation to do anything.

[@MaitreMechant]

"have you ever met someone incredibly dumb" well of course I know him, it's me

[@Lilitha11]

It does help to just get started, because if you are not sure what to do, you tend to just keep doing what you are doing. That is why good habits really help, because the habit becomes the default thing you just do. If you can 'show up' and get started you tend to get pretty far.

[@FortunePayback]

This is something I think I've learned the hard way with both editing, streaming and creating content in general, and when I decide to draw too. As someone who struggled with anxiety for many years, I think the one I learned in the end is kind of what Josh said, "Just turn up." Simply turning up is absolutely the hardest part! But once you turn up, sometimes it can actually be hard to turn down again. Motivation is nice for when you're already going, not to get you started. Stop thinking about it and just do it, because once you start thinking, you get into your own head, and you will never get anything done.

[@HeeminGaminStation]

0:58 😅😅😅 days after I have all the footage and all the audio collected. I literally do wake up and say this, editing is probably my favorite part of the video making process. I have said to other people “I’m super excited. I finally get to start editing tomorrow!”

[@nkoxi]

Thank you for making this video! Been struggling with university studies, waiting for motivation and overthinking everything that seems hard and could go wrong.

[@rosslindsey2638]

I’ve been taking online college classes for over a year and a half and the talk about discipline is the truth. It’s really hard to get started on a lot of days, but gaslighting myself into doing easy things I know need to be done seems to work.

[@Light-vc9ku]

I started writing a book, if I was smart enough i wouldn't have started. English isn't even my first language and writing takes so much time. But now i can't stop when i told others i started.

[@syrusmarks1]

I work in a department of Healthcare. Some new hires are really dumb. Even after getting some experience. I said "I can do that" and tried to go to school i found the waiting list was a year long. The recruiter said "yeah, if you get on the list, best advice is wait. Many people drop out and you could get in next semester. "

[@JohnOethGuitar]

Loved this video, Josh. Having the discipline to work on boring tasks even when you don't feel like it is a great skill to develop.

[@AhamkaraMommy]

I suffer from a disability that causes me to go into fight or flight when confronted with large demands or "Have to"s. I think this is the first bit of advice I've ever gotten that I think might actually help me a little. Rather than "ironically" pressure myself into not feeling pressured, just pretend you only gotta do the first part of it, and instead of "motivating yourself", remove the doubt instead.

[@kRx1203]

5:30 This is something that I really feel as a solo game designer/developer. Because I remember when I could spend days just coming up with stuff to a point where I have hundreds of pages of notes on dozens of different games. But very few of them are recent additions, because I've gotten good enough at developing the games to know what things would be an absolute nightmare to create. And now my creativity is definitely constrained by these doubts. And yet, when I recently got interested in romhacking GBA Fire Emblem games, when I sat down to write down my ideas before I even downloaded the necessary tools, over the course of a few days I wrote down 30 new pages of ideas for levels, characters, story and all that, not stopping for a second to think if I'll be able to implement that specific thing - or if the tools that exist for modding a 20 year old game can even allow for what I want to create. In a way, I made absolutely sure that I wasn't smart enough to see the potential problems, and it helped a ton.

[@tropicalfruit4571]

The editing comment is spot on. You just open the folder with your things, and it almost pushes you to do another tiny thing, and that just starts a domino. Also when I start analysing how difficult something might be, I just get overwhelmed at what can go wrong, and just be like "Oh I'll be fiiiiiiine". Realistically, so many things can go wrong when you go out for groceries that if you start thinking about it, you're halfway dead already.

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

In other words, I'm not undisciplined and unmotivated. I'm just really really incredibly smart.

[@ultimaxkom8728]

Put it politely, it's high intelligence but low wisdom. Put it harshly, it's low willpower.

[@tundranocaps]

1. Why narcissists are in charge - they don't doubt themselves. 2. To do the impossible, you just need to not know it is.

[@Seele.mp3]

This is why I despise remote work. When I am at home, my brain just goes into relax mode and that makes doing anything that HAS to be done a complete chore even when I dedicate a space to it without distractions. When I go to a specific place however, without distractions and where I meet other people, then I can just do the things without feeling my energy bar being drained. A very odd thing I discovered about myself during Corona, so many others apparently had it the other way around haha. Though, I am also in a creative job and maybe that's why since my task are much more straight forward/feel more natural then compiling data for 6 hours or whatnot, idk who knows. To each their own haha

[@jrjihu]

Thanks for this, I think I needed to hear this.

[@Davylectric]

Thanks Josh, I really needed to hear that.

[@Florence-fz3ob]

Never heard that “smart enough to come up with the thing, dumb enough to do it” but I feel like this video unlocked a gate in my brain

[@boredimmigranttinkerer4738]

Thank you for posting this!! Heard it on the full replay and have been trying to find it again in the 6 hour video to save it. Will be sharing and replaying for myself 😀

[@BootsRR]

I'm an author and this is so true. It applies to inspiration, too. So often I open up whatever it is I'm working on, and the only thing going through my head is how much I'd rather be doing anything else. But I do it anyway.

[@thebook2335]

The very first few seconds made me laugh, "I know it's my first message. That's okay, I'm going to heavily judge it." Anyway, solid video and I really appreciate the heartfelt response

[@Mourning_Brew]

I needed this today. Thank you.

[@diamondhamster4320]

"How do you find motivation to keep going?" Well, mate, life is actually very simple. There are only 2 choices either you live or you die. That is about it.

[@RealPi]

I work from home, so it also falls to me to do the cleaning. I split the house into 3 parts and do one every week. Then 4th week I simply dust and do random things as needed, then the cycle repeats. This compartmentalisation of chores has saved me many times. I am not motivated, simply disciplined, like Josh says. As a result, work proceeds beautifully (because I love most aspects of what I do, which is basically teaching), and I have spare time left to game online with friends. Discipline, organisation and rewarding yourself at the end of the day (a sort of gamified schedule).

[@SocksAndPuppets]

Perfect is the enemy of done. I've found that two things help: 1) Deadlines help my discipline. Saying "I have to upload a new piece on Monday" means I can force myself to make things when I'm not in that perfect mood. 2) Setting up my workspace so that it's always ready for me to start in a moment, if the mood takes me, helps. If you're suddenly in the mood to make something, but you have to spend half an hour setting up your equipment, often your "motivation" is gone before you're started.

[@TomLehockySVK]

That is exactly what i keep telling people - i don't have the motivation, i have the discipline to do the necessary work, to get the work done, and keep working on it until it's done.

[@CHEFPKR]

For me, the only way I can edit is when I schedule it. I edit on Mondays and Wednesdays. Those two days, I have nothing but Gym and editing. It's the only way for me to sit and edit.

[@JemyM]

Thank you for these videos Josh. I have finally began to focus on get my channel running. You're like my job coach now. And fashion role model.

[@MegaVidFan1]

Thanks Josh. I really needed to hear this.

[@MasonDavies74]

One thing I found helpful that I don't see many people do: Make the programs for your chosen task start up with your computer. Use Win+R and enter "shell:startup" (In Windows). Put shortcut to your relevant programs and folders here, and it will open when Windows does. Additionally I have some notepad documents in here which I use for to-do lists. It doesn't sound like much, but the point is to reduce resistance to the task as much as possible.

[@marisasob]

This probably was the best motivation video I've ever seen

[@holymegadave]

Man your clips are gold... you said you were a profesor? You have good communication skills to deliver the message. Sometimes is good to play this kind of stuff on the background.. helps a lot to stay focus. Cheers from Argentina.

[@eggcelerate]

Every time you post a clip its always nothing but facts, you've done it again Josh

[@96special]

I have Shia yelling Just Do It in my head a lot. It helps to embrace it.

[@rasmachris94]

People think motivation proceeds success, when doing a baseline proceeds success which proceeds motivation. When you do you feel most motivated? When someone tells you that it was a good job, your hard work is recognised or you get a compliment or even just seeing your own natural progress. If you wait to get motivated that will never happen because you'll never make any progress. Instead, doing something be it small or not will result in small markers for success. Those successes lead to bigger goals/challenges and consequently successes. This forward momentum from small successes to larger ones is what we call motivation.

[@FableTheWolf]

I guess the problem with my work/hobby is that when I'm not motivated, the work I put out is trash. I can force myself through 10 minutes or an hour unmotivated, but it's all a waste if I'm not feeling it. Then I've just wasted my limited time. Yet the work that I do when I'm just in the flow state gets a lot of praise and is objectively good. I don't have to put the two states of work side by side to know the unmotivated stuff is bad, but when you do it's so obvious. In a line of work where you need to produce something with a soul in order for it to stand out like it needs to, doing it unmotivated is impossible. Yet he's completely right about the nature of motivation.

[@Bench468]

Your words are very motivating. Thank you for motivating me!

[@NefruSimons]

Why i feel like i should step up my game after watching this. What an eloquently put advice, applicable on so many things in my life that are stagnant. Thanks Josh.

[@MissyBeeeee]

I am into microcontroller and I wanna repair stuff. So far I destroyed more things than I repaired. It is so hard to keep going after a failure. Your words helped me!

[@joshuasouthwick6808]

Literally how I go about life. I'm glad we are on the same page as Josh's

[@One-Watermelon]

That was powerfull.... i will adopt that as my new motto and turn my life around.

[@Naruir]

You know, this genuinely helped my train of thought, thanks.

[@NeuMaster9]

Incredibly good advice.On another note... JUST DO IT

[@Kavou]

Action brings action.

[@micryt.]

Something worth pointing out. For many people with ADHD (or other problems), it might not work, or at least not as easily. I will often be sitting there, screaming internally that I have to get up and clean my room. Almost every fibre of my being wants to and yet I still sit there because part of my brain just doesn't agree. It's very hard to describe it to people who don't experience it. This is still good advice worth following, just don't take it at face value. You will have to adapt it to yourself.

[@runakovacs4759]

Yeah. I can literally block out every distraction, I can sequester myself to an office all by myself. I can't get shit done without external help.

[@robertbeisert3315]

I'm apparently a rather highly functioning autist with ADHD. Here's a few things that work together for me. 1. Make lists. Don't make master lists, and don't try to keep a format - just write it down the second you think of it. Eventually, a system emerges. 2. You can't do big things. The messed up closet cannot be cleaned. But this can be put away, and that can be put away. Eventually, the work is done. 3. Embrace the chaos. If doing task A makes you want to work on task B, and task B is as important as A, follow the motivation instead of fighting it. If it's a distraction, write it down and go back to it later. 4. The last part of the task is the hardest, but it's the most satisfying to complete. It's worth the push. 5. Constant little efforts beat big jobs every time. 6. Do it early, and it's easy. Do it later, and you get to do it with stress.

[@yewtewbstew547]

It's sort of like that sometimes even without ADHD I think. Either that or I have mild ADHD myself haha. I think that's normal to an extent. I think that's also basically what the old Shia LaBeouf "Just do it!" thing was about. You know that you're supposed to be doing a certain thing, and you're fully aware that you're procrastinating, but even then sometimes it takes a lot of effort to "snap" yourself into action, just to take that first step. I get that every time I have to work out. Literally every single time, I do not want to do it. But then I start, and I'm fine. Even David Goggins has said that, which makes me think it's probably a universal phenomenon.

[@runakovacs4759]

@@yewtewbstew547Even after starting, it doesn't always work. Severe brainfog, memory non-existent. Fortunately it is not constant, but it's common enough unfortunately.

[@micryt.]

@@yewtewbstew547 That's the thing. You manage to start. I can't "just do it." I have to work very hard just to trick myself into the first step, with no guarantee I'll make the second. In those moments it feels like my body isn't my own, like I can just hopelessly watch from the inside. Of course, that's normal to some extent for everyone. I'm talking about this problem turned to 110%.

[@JaleDoris]

Subscribed to hear the truth of Hayes in the future.

[@kosmicspawn]

What's the worst that can happen people say, you start you fail, you don't do you fail anyway, so you might as well do and fail longer and more to succeed, the same as fighting a boss in a game you don't turn it off on the first failure, you learn from it and try again, and again and again until...you succeed once that's all it takes.

[@blizzlichd1338]

this is the way i have been living my life for the past 1y a half and its showing good results

[@kyore789]

I feel sorry for people that have not found Josh. No bs genuine useful info always

[@IAMNOTRANA]

With this single video, this man has become my favorite KZbinr lmao.

[@Brioshie]

People confuse motivation with discipline. Not everything has to be fun while doing it. Fun is the reward for doing it,. Also. "While smart people think, stupid people act"

[@ultimaxkom8728]

Fun can only happen in the process and not on the result nor before the start. A better word for the _"reward for doing it"_ is happiness.

[@arch_volatile6462]

Very good lesson, doing the first step or first 5 minutes of work will make it 10x easier to continue and do the rest, just START.

[@scotmcpherson]

Opening up everything “I need” to work. This is very similar to when I am developing my game when the current task just doesn’t interest me in the least!!! I don’t have any issues when it’s a part of the game I am really interested, but there are parts I really just can’t be bothered with, and that’s when I just keep everything open so I dont have to do work just to start working.

[@mikithekynd]

"Motivation" itself is a weird concept. It isn't just being confident in your own skill to see something through. It isn't just being excited to do something. What it is is imagining yourself doing the work successfully. Literally daydreaming about the work, and how good it will feel once you've completed it. It's preemptive reward for doing a job. Therefore when you're daydreaming about...being a successful content creator...at that point you're literally motivated to do that, your motivated to succeed. So why don't people succeed in things they want to achieve? Because they're daydreaming about the end of the journey, not about the process. Great musicians are great because they're excited to play, great actors are great because they're daydreaming about the next chance they get to act as someone else. They're aware of the goal of their journey, and how far along they might be, but that isn't the force that drives them towards it. TL;DR - You're constantly motivated to be at the goal, not to reach it.

[@Thurrak]

99% of the battle to doing something you don't want to do is to fight with all your power to not do the things you want to do. The problem with motivation is that we are always going to be more motivated to do things we want to do than the things we need to do. So don't rely on motivation. Rely on resisting impulses until you are bored. Then start doing the thing you need to do when you can't stand being bored anymore.

[@Oyster_Man]

Damn, the wisdom in this man.

[@AlonescapeRS]

Holy shit this was the most relatable video i have ever seen

[@jacobpinson2834]

This is just really good advice

[@pisaum]

Thanks

[@fenkefury1482]

No, it's the best advice anyone could give you. Motivation is fickle and unpredictable. We all really need to stop trying to find ways to stay motivated and just learn self-discipline.

[@Soul-Burn]

Just... do it. Yesterday you said tomorrow..... Just................ do it!!!!!

[@MrMrSymmetry]

Just starting-action, will create motivation!! Just, do IT!

[@Alresu]

I need to clip me that part about people in the creative field loving it when other people wait... (02:37)

[@lazy0nara]

To stay motivated I....Bury the Light deep within!!!!

[@RGcrasyRG]

You don't have to be motivated. Sometimes it is just the grind.

[@RGcrasyRG]

And the described editing routine is the "take the smallest, easiest steps" hack.

[@yewtewbstew547]

Routine is weird like that sometimes. It can make you feel as though not doing the thing that you don't want to do is somehow the harder option.

[@TheFleshSeeker]

i am going to show up on twitch this sunday evening to tell you how this 10 min video beats 99% of self-improvement related videos out there BEWARE JOSH

[@paulwilk2854]

The method he is describing is the only way I can get my ADHD riddled brain to start doing anything. This is really good advice.

[@ponyote]

Sagacious Josh Strife Hayes says Just Do It.

[@BloodyArchangelus]

Strengh and Discipline. It is a sekiro track, but it describes everything.

[@yewtewbstew547]

Hesitation is defeat.

[@robertbeisert3315]

I'm motivated to clean all the time! But that's because I'm easily disgusted more than anything else, amd that motivation can be lost if I don't get to it before it becomes daunting.

[@Bandjalah]

Shotcut team! Lez gooooo

[@noogiedookie]

Thank you.

[@infinitecurlie]

5:05 Truth. There were many times in my previous job where someone who I thought was dumber than a sack of rocks succeeded at something and I went y'know what? I can do this. Lmao. 7:08 You'll never stop doubting yourself, especislly in creative spaces. Do jt anyways because at least you're doing something. ❤️

[@MrMrSymmetry]

Motivation is a product of action :)

[@szymond.9048]

I've learned during my employment in IT that in life there are no problems... Only challenges :)

[@Snyperwolf91]

Thats the best approach tbh.

[@scotmcpherson]

That’s true, but sometimes the challenge is to grit your teeth and get through it

[@finalscarab]

Josh is such a good role model for young men. Among all the non sense out there, I'm happy Josh is here

[@Danuxsy]

If you stay motivated or not is not your choice, it's evolutionary phenomena.

[@user-nemXD2]

Wise old man, Joshua.

[@Draconicrose]

Josh has the same approach to editing videos as I do towards my job.

[@Demarcius]

When I was 18, I had been roofing for 5 years. Some new guy immediately got the project manager role, said he had 25 years experience roofing... and he couldn't even walk on a roof, let alone put one on. Cost our company thousands. But you want to know how he got the job? He was willing to sit in front of my boss and lie to everyone. He had to be there to do that.

[@dydx_]

That's the worst but well meant advice I have ever heard lmfao

[@onemanfarmy8154]

You started roofing at 13?

[@Topcatyo.]

My friend once told me this great advice and I think about it all the time. "it's not about what you make when you're hot. It's about what you make when you're cold."

[@Stabbzki]

discipline is freedom guys.

[@darkzentai7417]

Blessed is the mind too small for doubt