(I don’t know if this qualifies as a full-fledged technique.)
One of the things I always found valuable was the use of “motivational” videos for mental bootstrapping. You may be saying, “TurnTrout, those videos are just platitudes told by people trying to build a brand”, and you’d be totally right. However, the videos still worked for me when not much else did—when I was in a slump, I’d just click a few videos, and soon I’d be fired back up and able to motivate myself to start doing other good things for myself.
At this point, it’s important to stop watching, as you run the danger of bathing in the nice warm motivational bath and getting nothing done.
These days, I don’t need this as much (mostly due to having something to protect), but I found it to be a high reward, easy-to-use technique.
(I don’t know if this qualifies as a full-fledged technique.)
One of the things I always found valuable was the use of “motivational” videos for mental bootstrapping. You may be saying, “TurnTrout, those videos are just platitudes told by people trying to build a brand”, and you’d be totally right. However, the videos still worked for me when not much else did—when I was in a slump, I’d just click a few videos, and soon I’d be fired back up and able to motivate myself to start doing other good things for myself.
At this point, it’s important to stop watching, as you run the danger of bathing in the nice warm motivational bath and getting nothing done.
These days, I don’t need this as much (mostly due to having something to protect), but I found it to be a high reward, easy-to-use technique.