Motivation Stack
1.25K subscribers
213 photos
9 links
Motivation Stack πŸ”₯
A system for self-improvement and discipline.

⚑️ Build focus and boost productivity
πŸ“ˆ Create strong habits with deep work
🧠 Stay consistent and train your mindset
🚫 Beat procrastination and distractions
πŸ’ͺ Turn motivation into acti
Download Telegram
🧠 Quote of the Day

❝ Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink. ❞

β€” Shunryu Suzuki
❀1
⚑️ Practical Tip

How to stop fighting your thoughts and find real peace

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

βœ… Name a negative thought as just a story in your mind to stop believing it so deeply.
βœ… Breathe deeply into a tight physical feeling like stress to let it sit there without fighting it.
βœ… Write down what truly matters in life and take one small action today to support that goal.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

🎯 Today's Move:
Spend five minutes breathing slowly while letting a difficult worry just sit quietly in your mind.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

πŸ”— Source:
The Happiness Trap β€” Russ Harris
❀3
πŸ’Ό Entrepreneur Tip

How to build beautiful things that people love

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

βœ… Delete three projects from your list today and focus only on your best two ideas.
βœ… Tell your team the honest truth when their work is not good enough to save time.
βœ… Remove two steps from your website or service to make it easier for customers to buy.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

🎯 This Week's Move:
Draw your product on one page and cross out every part that is not absolutely necessary.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

πŸ”— Source:
Steve Jobs β€” Walter Isaacson
❀1
🧠 Quote of the Day

❝ Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots. ❞

β€” Rumi
❀1
πŸ“š Book Pick

πŸ“– I WILL TEACH YOU TO BE RICH, SECOND EDITION
β€” Ramit Sethi

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

✨ Main Ideas

βœ… Methods for rapidly eliminating debt while continuing to spend guilt-free on things you love.
βœ… An automated financial setup with high-interest, fee-free accounts that directs money to savings and investments…
βœ… A hands-off investing strategy coupled with exact negotiation scripts for reducing late fees and major life costs.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

πŸ’­ Worth reading if:
You want to build an automated money system that eliminates debt and grows wealth without sacrificing guilt-free personal spending.
❀2
⚑️ Practical Tip

How to find hope and purpose in your daily life

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

βœ… Help a friend or neighbor with a small chore to shift focus away from your own worries.
βœ… Spend ten minutes working on a creative project that brings good to the world around you.
βœ… Write down one positive lesson you can learn from a difficult situation you are facing now.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

🎯 Today's Move:
Send a kind message to someone who is going through a tough time right now.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

πŸ”— Source:
The Will to Meaning β€” Viktor E. Frankl
❀2
πŸ’Ό Entrepreneur Tip

Make your daily work flow smoothly without constant emergencies

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

βœ… Find the single person who is holding up everybody else and help them finish their tasks.
βœ… Stop starting new tasks and focus only on finishing the jobs you already began.
βœ… Block out times for unexpected emergencies so they do not ruin your planned weekly goals.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

🎯 This Week's Move:
List your team's delayed tasks and find the single person who needs help with them.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

πŸ”— Source:
The Phoenix Project β€” Gene Kim
❀4
πŸ’Ό Entrepreneur Tip

How to build things that customers actually want to buy

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

βœ… Show users a fake drawing or clickable image before you write any real code.
βœ… Invite your main programmer and designer to watch at least one user try your product.
βœ… Find six real customers who will test your unfinished ideas and give you honest feedback.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

🎯 This Week's Move:
Draw your new idea on a piece of paper and show it to one customer today.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

πŸ”— Source:
Inspired β€” Marty Cagan
❀1
⚑️ Practical Tip

A growth practice worth trying before tonight

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

βœ… Choose one problem the book talks about that you have this week
βœ… Try the book's simplest fix for ten minutes with a timer
βœ… Tell a friend one sentence about what you learned from trying it

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

🎯 Today's Move:
Try the ten-minute fix once and write one sentence in your phone notes

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

πŸ”— Source:
Hidden Potential β€” Adam Grant
❀2
⚑️ Practical Tip

One happiness idea from this book you can use today

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

βœ… Pick one small habit from the book and do it once before lunch
βœ… When you feel stressed today, pause and take three slow breaths
βœ… Tonight write two sentences about what you tried and what happened

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

🎯 Today's Move:
Set a five-minute timer and do one small action from the book before bed

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

πŸ”— Source:
Stumbling on Happiness β€” Daniel Gilbert
❀1
πŸ’Ό Entrepreneur Tip

How to stop people from stealing your work time

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

βœ… Calculate how much money you want to make per hour to easily say no to cheap tasks.
βœ… Set a timer and tell visitors you only have ten minutes before your next task starts.
βœ… Start your meetings exactly on time and leave if the other person is ten minutes late.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

🎯 This Week's Move:
Write down your three biggest daily distractions and make a rule to avoid them during morning work.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

πŸ”— Source:
No B.S. Time Management β€” Dan S. Kennedy
❀1
πŸ“š Book Pick

πŸ“– 1929
β€” Andrew Ross Sorkin

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

✨ Main Ideas

βœ… The chaotic collapse of the 1929 stock market and the devastating economic depression that followed.
βœ… The behind-the-scenes political and financial battle for power fought between Wall Street titans and Washington…
βœ… How the ambition, naivety, and greed of key financial players fueled an unsustainable economic boom and eventual ruin.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

πŸ’­ Worth reading if:
You want to understand how the greed and political battles of the 1929 crash mirror today's volatile financial landscape.
❀1
🧠 Quote of the Day

❝ Nothing you do is going to matter that much in the long run. Don't take yourself so seriously. ❞

β€” Naval Ravikant
❀1
πŸ’Ό Entrepreneur Tip

How to see the hidden results of your business choices

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

βœ… Avoid spending money to fix bad systems when you can build better new ones instead.
βœ… Write down what you must give up every time you choose to buy something new.
βœ… Think about how your price changes will affect your customers next year, not just today.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

🎯 This Week's Move:
List your three biggest business costs and write down one hidden bad result of each cost.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

πŸ”— Source:
Economics in One Lesson β€” Henry Hazlitt
❀2
⚑️ Practical Tip

How to master your habits for a peaceful life

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

βœ… Set a regular bedtime tonight to give your body and mind the rest they need.
βœ… Choose one small distraction today and walk away from it to build your inner strength.
βœ… Take three deep breaths before you reply to anyone who makes you feel angry.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

🎯 Today's Move:
Clean your desk or workspace for five minutes right now to clear your mind and help you focus.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

πŸ”— Source:
Discipline Is Destiny β€” Ryan Holiday
❀3
⚑️ Practical Tip

How to build big habits with tiny daily steps

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

βœ… Do just one pushup or read one page of a book every single day to start.
βœ… Make your daily goals so small that you cannot find any excuse to skip them.
βœ… Celebrate when you finish your tiny task because every small win helps your brain grow.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

🎯 Today's Move:
Pick one small task like drinking one glass of water and do it right now to feel successful.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

πŸ”— Source:
Mini Habits β€” Stephen Guise
❀1
🧠 Quote of the Day

❝ Whatever you decide to do, make sure it makes you happy. ❞

β€” Paulo Coelho
❀1
πŸ“š Book Pick

πŸ“– Regime Change
β€” Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

✨ Main Ideas

βœ… The political developments and executive decisions shaping the first year of Donald Trump's second presidential term.
βœ… In-depth reporting and journalistic insights from New York Times correspondents stationed directly within the White…
βœ… An analytical chronicle of the administration's policy directions and internal dynamics during this new governing…

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

πŸ’­ Worth reading if:
You want to understand the inner workings of Donald Trump's second term through the lens of seasoned White House journalists.
❀1
🧠 Quote of the Day

❝ Sad thing is, you can still love someone and be wrong for them. ❞

β€” Elvis Presley
❀2
⚑️ Practical Tip

How to build self discipline with small daily steps

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

βœ… Write your biggest goal on a small note and tape it to your bathroom mirror.
βœ… Make a list of your past wins to read when you feel tired or sad.
βœ… Do five more minutes of your chore when your brain tells you to stop.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

🎯 Today's Move:
Write down one difficult thing you finished recently to remind yourself of your own strength.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

πŸ”— Source:
Can't Hurt Me Workbook β€” David Goggins
❀1
πŸ’Ό Entrepreneur Tip

How to control smart computer programs before they control you

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

βœ… Test new automated tools in a closed offline system before letting them connect to the internet.
βœ… Write down clear rules that your software can never change, even to achieve its main goal.
βœ… Block your computer programs from spending money or buying other tools without your written permission.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

🎯 This Week's Move:
List all automated tools you use and add a human approval step for their most important actions.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

πŸ”— Source:
Superintelligence β€” Nick Bostrom
❀1