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TYING IT ALL TOGETHER

Now, let’s apply all of this to learning. As you move through this “Motivation” section of the book, I want you to consider where learning fits into your passion, identity, values, and reasons.
It was not until I was an adult that I found my passion and purpose. Through my struggle to learn, I developed a love of learning because it helped me become unlimited, and my purpose is teaching other people to learn so they can unlimit themselves.
As a kid, I forced myself to study, trying to rise to the level of average. I had a lot of identity issues to resolve; I was the boy with the broken brain, and I believed that I was stupid. I had to change the way I saw myself and give up the identity that kept me locked into being unable to learn. Instead of saying “I am broken,” I had to say, “I am a learner.”
As for values, as I mentioned earlier I value growth and adventure. For me, learning falls under both of these, because it contributes directly to my growth and it gives me a sense of adventure, especially when I learn something novel and challenging. There’s no ambiguity here; learning directly contributes to the fulfillment of my values.
Every single one of my reasons keeps me motivated so that I can help more people learn. As any author knows, writing a book is a challenge. But my reason for writing this book—to teach my methods to a wider audience around the world that may not have access to my online courses—has kept me going.
If you’re trying to force motivation, but you haven’t addressed these invisible, limiting identities, you won’t get very far. When you feel stuck, come back to the way your goal fits into your values, and then ask yourself what needs to be brought back into alignment.
Going back to the previous chapter’s list of the seven lies that hold you back, perhaps the eighth lie is that you have motivation —that you wake up and feel motivated every day. The reality is that you do motivation. Ultimately, motivation is a set of habits and routines, guided by your values and your identity, that you carry out every day.