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You’re Not Lazy, Bored, or Unmotivated

Niklas Göke
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9 min readAug 15, 2019

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I don’t know you, but I know this: You have internet access, and enough time to spend some of it reading.

It sounds obvious, but this tells me two more important things about you: One, you’re in the top half of humanity’s wealth distribution, because the other half of the world’s population isn’t even online yet. And two, since you’re here, you’re likely fighting a very modern human fight. You’ve probably already got the basics covered — food, a roof over your head. For you, the obstacles to a better, happier life aren’t all concrete. You’re trying to defeat more abstract enemies: laziness, boredom, self-doubt, procrastination.

Here’s the thing: All these concepts are one and the same. And there’s only one way to deal with them.

You’re not lazy. You’re not bored. You’re not unmotivated. What you are — what all of us are — is afraid. And the best advice for overcoming fear is the bland three-word sentence Nike turned into the most successful marketing slogan of all time (after slightly tweaking a serial killer’s last words): Just do it.

You’re not unmotivated

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Niklas Göke
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Written by Niklas Göke

I write for dreamers, doers, and unbroken optimists. Read my daily blog here: https://nik.art/

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Anthony Moore once told me three simple words I will never forget. Action brings clarity. The more you do, the more you will find out about yourself and whatever it is that you are doing

I told myself that I didn’t have time to read the whole article, I was just going to start it and see what it was all about.
But props to you, not only was it engaging, well written and thought provoking.
You even made me get off my ass ;)

Did you write this for me?
Unbelievably timely. I’m going to read it everyday this week so that it sinks in and I can see things for what they are.
Thank you.