Starting a Start-Up: Managing Motivation
This post has been updated at 16/08/2011.
Motivation is a critical factor of success of any start-up. Fortunately managing it is not that hard: I use what I call a motivation sheet to keep my motivation high.
Obviously motivation is critical for anything, but I'd say it's critical especially for start-ups. There's always a lot of work on start-ups, you usually do it in your spare time (competes with your other hobbies and family) or instead of your job (competes with anything profitable).
I believe it's necessary to somehow manage your motivation instead of just leaving it to work somehow. I use what I call a motivation sheet.
Motivation Sheet
Motivation sheet is a list of paper where you write down why are you doing whatever are you doing and what advantages do it bring into your life.
Here's mine:
Now the only thing you have to do: put it onto your mirror, fridge or anywhere where you can see it and when you feel you're stuck, just read it.
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