It’s a good reason why so many high-performance people start off by joining expensive clubs and wearing suits they cannot afford. They prepare themselves for a life they wish to live in the future. The ones who charge it to their credit cards, stay hungry and motivated because they have no option left. It becomes do or die.

It’s amazing what happens when you start out a business on credit cards or through a loan out on your house. For most men, the motivation becomes forced, and there’s no other way around it. If being hungry, desperate and smelling the leather isn’t enough to get you eager and motivated, not much else will.

6. Pep Talks and All the Other Feel Good Bullsh-t.

While reading books, watching movies and attending seminars is in no way, shape, or form taking action, for some of you, a little pep talk will boost your non-existent motivation. The truth is, there are a lot of speakers and gurus out there who’s life’s purpose and business, is to motivate and empower people. Unfortunately, that empowerment and motivational drive only lasts for a few weeks before it completely vanishes.

You see it all the time when companies hire a sales guru to come in and fire up the sales team. The salesmen hustle hard for the first week or two after attending the presentation or seminar. Within a month, they have all returned to their old habits and reverted back to being sluggish selling snails.

In other words, all the pep talk bullsh-t doesn’t last! It may be a breakthrough for a lot of you men out there, but ultimately motivation is what gets you started, good habits are what keep you going.

If you sit around all day reading books, listening to podcasts or watching seminars, you’ll never take action. Knowledge, motivation, and willpower are worthless if you aren’t putting those things to good use!