We all can find ourselves in a rut from time to time, lacking motivation and having difficulty getting things done. When this happens to me, I try to remember the best way to find motivation is to make progress.

While motivation might pop up from time to time, that isn’t reliable. The most reliable way to find motivation is to create it with action. If you feel like you can’t get yourself to move forward, just write a list of a few things that will move you forward.

A little bit of progress and checking the tasks off the list will not only create motivation over time, it’ll compound. A little bit every day turns into a lot over a week, month, or year.