Live Your Personal Best - Workout Motivation and Routine Building For Current and Former Athletes

159. Finding Internal vs External Motivations - Are you in competition with yourself?

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Have you ever asked yourself “what drives me”? For some it’s external competition; races, meets, games, opponents. For others, it may be internal. 


In this episode of the Live Your Personal Best podcast, I talk about how internal and external competition have affected me and how to make sure you have a healthy dose of each. 


Listen to this podcast, and let’s change the way we see and treat internal and external competition in our lives.

Episode Timeline

[1:04] Emily talks about the reason why she came up with today’s episode.

[2:02] Emily shares that internal competition motivates her every day.

[5:57] Emily discusses the importance of competition in life.

Key Takeaways
  • Internal motivation should not necessarily have a negative connotation.
  • If you let internal competition prevail in your life, there’s a possibility that you will struggle to find satisfaction in things that you do.
  • Some advice you receive might not work because you might have misused it. For example, that could have been for internal competition and not external motivation.
  • No general advice can be applied to everyone. It’s better to look for tailored advice for that specific scenario that you’re in.
  • The more you learn about yourself, the less you rely on outside opinions on what you’re doing. 
    • Quotes
    • Neither [internal or external competition] is right or wrong. There’s no one way that competition should look. - Emily [5:47]
    • There can be no one definition of success. There can be no one definition of competition. - Emily [7:52]


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