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Action Changes Everything - The key to making progress is taking action; if you do not start, you cannot make progress.
Activation Energy - The initial mental and physical effort required to start a task, borrowed from chemistry as a productivity metaphor.
Behavioral Activation - A therapeutic approach focusing on engaging in meaningful activities to improve mood and break depression cycles.
Big Hairy Audacious Goals - Ambitious, inspiring long-term goals that create vision and shed light on the path ahead.
Carpe Diem - The Latin phrase meaning 'seize the day' - making the most of present opportunities.
Celebrate Your Wins - The practice of acknowledging and being proud of your successes, no matter how small.
Circus Factor - The risk of team members leaving for more exciting opportunities elsewhere.
Confidence and Progress - Having a path is helpful, but confidence to take steps is crucial for making real progress.
Core Human Drives - Five fundamental motivations that drive all human behavior: the drives to Acquire, Bond, Learn, Defend, and Feel.
Deadline Effect - The phenomenon of increased productivity and focus as deadlines approach.
Dopamine - A neurotransmitter that sets the threshold for motivation and goal pursuit, acting as a limited currency for action.
Effort-Outcome Lag - The inevitable delay between putting in effort and seeing visible results.
Eustress - Positive stress that motivates, focuses energy, and improves performance.
Extrinsic Motivation - Motivation driven by external factors like rewards, pressure, and consequences.
Feedforward Effect - People are more inclined to take action when they know what to expect beforehand.
Five-Minute Rule - A productivity technique where you commit to working on a dreaded task for just 5 minutes, often creating enough momentum to continue.
Fresh Start Effect - The increased motivation to pursue goals following temporal landmarks that mark new beginnings.
Gamification - Using game elements like points, badges, and competition to increase engagement in non-game contexts.
Goal Gradient Effect - The tendency to increase effort as we approach a goal.
Internal Goals - Personal objectives you set for yourself rather than those imposed by others.
Intrinsic Motivation - Internal drive from enjoyment and satisfaction rather than external rewards.
Locus of Control - A psychological concept describing whether people believe outcomes are controlled by themselves (internal) or by external forces like fate, luck, or others (external).
Lower the Bar - Set the bar lower at the day-to-day work level to overcome overwhelm and make consistent progress toward big goals.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - A psychological theory organizing human needs into a five-tier pyramid, from basic survival needs to self-actualization, where lower-level needs must be satisfied before higher ones can be pursued.
Mastery Approach - Focusing on learning, improvement, and skill development rather than demonstrating performance.
Mental Strength - Building resilience and achieving goals by doing hard things when it's time, whether motivated or not.
Momentum Building - Creating forward motion through small wins that generate energy for larger efforts.
Motivation Through Action - Action generates motivation, not vice versa - starting creates the momentum to continue.
Performance Approach - Focusing on demonstrating competence and outperforming others rather than learning.
Procrastination Equation - The formula: Motivation = (Expectancy × Value) / (Impulsiveness × Delay).
Progress Principle - The finding that making meaningful progress in work is the single most important factor in boosting motivation and engagement.
Pseudo-Set Framing - Creating a set or sequence of tasks increases a person's likelihood of following through to completion.
Self-Actualization - Maslow's highest need - realizing your full potential and becoming the best version of yourself.
Self-Efficacy - Your belief in your ability to succeed in specific situations or accomplish specific tasks.
Shared Vision - A common understanding of the future that a team wants to create together, serving as a powerful tool for alignment and motivation.
Small Wins - Achieving incremental progress through manageable accomplishments to build momentum.
Start Before You Are Ready - Begin taking action now rather than waiting for perfect conditions that may never arrive.
Start Small - Begin any endeavor with small, manageable steps rather than ambitious leaps, making progress easier and more sustainable.
Temporal Landmarks - Significant dates that create psychological fresh starts and motivation for new behaviors.
Temporal Motivation Theory - A theory explaining how motivation changes based on the timing of rewards and costs.
Temptation Bundling - Pairing an activity you want to do with an activity you should do to make productive behaviors more enjoyable.
Transformational Leadership - Leadership that inspires followers to transcend self-interest and achieve exceptional outcomes.
Why You Need a Personal Organization System - Understanding the compelling reasons for building a personal organization system: from escaping overwhelm to creating leverage for success.

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