Lesson 21: Motivation: Slide 7

Productive Action Leads To Motivation
- People who are extremely successful know that motivation doesn’t come first: productive action does
- You have to prime the pump by getting started whether you feel like it or not
- Once you begin to
accomplish something,
it will spur you on
to do even more
Notes:
Pg. 169-177, “The Feeling Good Handbook,” David. D. Burns, M.D., A Plume Book, The Penguin Group, New York, 1999.
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