Anyone can be excited for the beginning of a new journey. It’s easy to do the work when you feel like doing it. But I hear all the time, “Raul, I’m not motivated enough. Can you help me get motivated?” Motivation is a feeling. When you feel motivated, you feel like doing the work, but what do you the almost 99% of the time that you don’t feel motivated? If you have to rely on feelings, you are vulnerable to procrastination.

The key to staying excited about the journey is to know that some days you are not going to feel like doing the work. Some days you just don’t want to meditate, track your progress, connect with other people, etc. But… you still have to. Those are the days that your commitment will be put to the test. We’re all going to have those days. Do you allow self-sabotage to stop you before you even start or are you going to break the pattern and commit to your results?

Self-sabotage is the number one reason that most people don’t accomplish their goals. We are our own worst enemy. We can blame it on the customers or our team or the government or whoever, but we are the ones who stop ourselves from seeing the opportunities.