How Motivation Works

So you have a dream. You've set a goal and now comes the part where you actually do something. You sit down at your computer to start your blog empire or 6 figure online business and in less than 30 minutes you find yourself scrolling through social media and before you know it an hour has gone by. It's demoralizing, I know. I've been there myself. Let's take a look at why this happens and how you can cultivate real motivation.

First off, why did you turn to social media? Dopamine. It's because you'll get (or think you'll) get a nice pleasurable hit of dopamine from seeing something cool, funny, interesting, useful, or emotionally impactful. Great, now that I feel good