How to Stay Motivated, Using Psychology.

SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft for more brain hacks, health tips and stories and psychology (and ring that bell!) 👉 Get the first 30 days of Curiosity Stream free at (and use the code “braincraft“) 🧠 MY PATREON: My Twitter | Instagram From time to time, we all need to stay motivated. A lack of motivation can be something that can affect us every day – whether at work or at home, where we always intend on going to the gym, but can’t quite get that boost we need to get out the door. So, here are some tips on how to find your intrinsic motivation. If you have any other tips, please leave them in the comments! Music by Epidemic Sound: REFERENCES 📚 Roland Bénabou, Jean Tirole, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation, The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 70, Issue 3, July 2003, Pages 489–520, Buckworth, J., Lee, R., Regan, G., Schneider, L. K., & DiClemente, C. C. (2007). Decomposing intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for exercise: Application to stages of motivational readiness. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 8(4), 441-461. Curry, S., Wagner, E. H., & Grothaus, L. C. (1990). Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for smoking cessation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 58(3), 310-316. Lepper, M. R., Corpus, J. H., & Iyengar, S. S. (2005). Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientations in the Classroom: Age Differences and Academic Correlates. Journal of Educational Psychology, 97(2), 184-196. Glucksberg, S. (1962). The influence of strength of drive on functional fixedness and perceptual recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 63(1), 36-41. Werle, C. O. C., Wansink, B., & Payne, C. R. (2015). Is it fun or exercise? The framing of physical activity biases subsequent snacking. Marketing Letters: A Journal of Research in Marketing, 26(4), 691-702. Radel, R., Sarrazin, P., Legrain, P., & Wild, T. C. (2010). Social contagion of motivation between teacher and student: Analyzing underlying processes. Journal of Educational Psychology, 102(3), 577-587.