If I read just one more article, book, watch one more video, hear one more talk, speak to one more person, listen to just one more song, I’ll be motivated to get going.

If I can get them to just read this one article, book, watch this one video, here this one talk, speak with one more person, listen to just one more song, they’ll be motivated to get going.

Here’s another inspirational quote in my social media feed. This will get me fired up.

Here’s another story about someone doing what I want to do and how important it is.

If I can just show them what the outcome is and how awesome life will be for them, that’ll get them going.

What get us, and others, going isn’t the external inputs of our environment. When a person is intrinsically motivated, it doesn’t matter what others are saying to get them going – they’re already gone.