Ayelet Fishbach

A workout that you actually enjoy is more likely to become part of your routine.

Often people choose the wrong activity.

In an experiment, Caitlin Woolley and I asked people to choose between listening to the song Hey Jude by The Beatles and listening to a loud alarm.

Seems like an obvious choice, right?

But the majority of the people chose the alarm because it paid more.

Later, these people regretted their choice.

Whether you look back, cut the middle, give advice, support intrinsic motivation, keep in mind, success does not require changing yourself.

To stop procrastinate, modify your situation and outlook.

Yes.

Intrinsic motivation is critical for success.

Because intrinsic motivation is the things that we are getting from doing the activity.

And activity is purely intrinsically motivating when it's an end in itself.

When it doesn't even make sense to ask, why do I do it?

I do it because I like doing it.

Well, when we try to motivate ourselves, usually we have some goals that are not purely intrinsically motivating.

Like I need to

finish this project at work or I need to study for this class.

But still, there is some level of intrinsic motivation.

It might be interesting.

It might be fun.