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A review by carabee
The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win by Jeff Haden
5.0
It’s easy to get swept away by Big Dreams, and to brush off process as “the details.” Haden gives excellent advice for teaching yourself how to analyze your process, emphasizing that it’s consistent and concentrated efforts that achieve goals.
For those who already hard workers, the best advice may be the chapters (and sentences throughout) which emphasize that you can’t achieve dreams if you’re letting your process run you into financial, physical, or emotional ruin. While his enthusiasm can be very pedal to the metal in tone at times, each chapter contains reminders that a process which builds toward a goal as it tears down your well being is not a successful nor motivating process. As a productivity junkie, it’s tempting for me to look for the grind it out type of advice, but as I flip back through the book I’m trying to be conscious that, as Haden emphasizes, you can’t achieve anything if your process doesn’t take into account those pesky details like staying healthy and maintaining relationships.
For those who already hard workers, the best advice may be the chapters (and sentences throughout) which emphasize that you can’t achieve dreams if you’re letting your process run you into financial, physical, or emotional ruin. While his enthusiasm can be very pedal to the metal in tone at times, each chapter contains reminders that a process which builds toward a goal as it tears down your well being is not a successful nor motivating process. As a productivity junkie, it’s tempting for me to look for the grind it out type of advice, but as I flip back through the book I’m trying to be conscious that, as Haden emphasizes, you can’t achieve anything if your process doesn’t take into account those pesky details like staying healthy and maintaining relationships.