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Anti-Motivation for Beginners: How to Start When The Inspiration Won't Hit
Ever waited for motivation that never showed up?This episode shows you how to begin without it.
Whether you’re sorting your snack drawer or negotiating with your to-do list, you’ll learn how to unlock momentum with one small move. No hype. No pressure. Just a real story, a powerful brain hack, and a new way to enter flow—through the side door.
Perfect for solopreneurs, creatives, and neurodivergent thinkers who are done waiting to feel ready.
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🔎 The Focus Routine: Built for brains that overthink and understart.
My free (and AWESOME tbh) Focus Routine is your executive-function-friendly onramp to progress, clarity, and actual done-ness. It's so pretty. My inner design nerd is satisfied. ❤️
authenticnetworker.com/focusroutine
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🌊 Wavelength: Virtual Coworking for the Neurospicy Solopreneur
Join a crew of delightfully distracted creatives who understand that sometimes, body doubling is the secret sauce. We work together, apart—turning “I’ll do it later” into “Look what I just did!” Come on in and get weirdly productive.
authenticnetworker.com/wavelength
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🧪 Research Notes for the Research-Inclined
📉 University of Chicago Study
Fishbach, A., & Choi, J. (2012). When thinking about goals undermines goal pursuit.
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 118(2), 99–109.
Referenced for this gem: People who wait to “feel motivated” report 60% less progress than those who just start with a small action. (This is your sign.)
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📈 Harvard Business School Study
Amabile, T. M., & Kramer, S. J. (2011). The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work.
Harvard Business Review Press.
Referenced for the magic stat: People who take immediate, tiny steps—even when they don’t feel ready—are 300% more likely to stick with their projects.
Tiny win = big momentum. Science says so.
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💫 Now get out there and do one gloriously unready little thing. You’ve got this.
✨ M.
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Episode keywords: motivation for solopreneurs, how to get started, neurodivergent productivity, ADHD and motivation, the progress principle, executive dysfunction, how to build momentum, tiny habits, creative resistance, starting rituals, task initiation strategies, flow state hacks, productivity without pressure, overcoming inertia, productivity for creatives, momentum for ADHD, micro-actions for progress, perfectionism and procrastination, getting unstuck, creative motivation tips, productivity mindset shift, progress over perfection, stop procrastinating
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By Mia TorrEver waited for motivation that never showed up?This episode shows you how to begin without it.
Whether you’re sorting your snack drawer or negotiating with your to-do list, you’ll learn how to unlock momentum with one small move. No hype. No pressure. Just a real story, a powerful brain hack, and a new way to enter flow—through the side door.
Perfect for solopreneurs, creatives, and neurodivergent thinkers who are done waiting to feel ready.
--------------------
🔎 The Focus Routine: Built for brains that overthink and understart.
My free (and AWESOME tbh) Focus Routine is your executive-function-friendly onramp to progress, clarity, and actual done-ness. It's so pretty. My inner design nerd is satisfied. ❤️
authenticnetworker.com/focusroutine
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🌊 Wavelength: Virtual Coworking for the Neurospicy Solopreneur
Join a crew of delightfully distracted creatives who understand that sometimes, body doubling is the secret sauce. We work together, apart—turning “I’ll do it later” into “Look what I just did!” Come on in and get weirdly productive.
authenticnetworker.com/wavelength
--------------------
🧪 Research Notes for the Research-Inclined
📉 University of Chicago Study
Fishbach, A., & Choi, J. (2012). When thinking about goals undermines goal pursuit.
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 118(2), 99–109.
Referenced for this gem: People who wait to “feel motivated” report 60% less progress than those who just start with a small action. (This is your sign.)
—
📈 Harvard Business School Study
Amabile, T. M., & Kramer, S. J. (2011). The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work.
Harvard Business Review Press.
Referenced for the magic stat: People who take immediate, tiny steps—even when they don’t feel ready—are 300% more likely to stick with their projects.
Tiny win = big momentum. Science says so.
—
💫 Now get out there and do one gloriously unready little thing. You’ve got this.
✨ M.
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Episode keywords: motivation for solopreneurs, how to get started, neurodivergent productivity, ADHD and motivation, the progress principle, executive dysfunction, how to build momentum, tiny habits, creative resistance, starting rituals, task initiation strategies, flow state hacks, productivity without pressure, overcoming inertia, productivity for creatives, momentum for ADHD, micro-actions for progress, perfectionism and procrastination, getting unstuck, creative motivation tips, productivity mindset shift, progress over perfection, stop procrastinating