To find motivation, connect with your internal desires and your values and compare that motivation to approval seeking.

Desire and values

hen you can’t get started, ask yourself what the smallest possible step is. What do you need to take that step?

Take that step

When you can't get started, ask yourself, what is the smallest possible step I can take? What do I need to take that step?

Discovery is a process—you don’t have to know all the answers right now. Listen, you are far more capable than you ever thought. Take a breather.

Discovery is a process. You don't have to know all the answers right now. Listen, you are far more capable than you ever thought. Take a breather.

Small efforts repeated over time add up to progress, not perfection.