What Shane Parrish thinks about motivation

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Founder of Farnam Street (fs.blog) and host of The Knowledge Project podcast. Writes and curates on decision-making, mental models and rational thinking.

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1. 28 Jun 2017

   Our readingThe bigger and more challenging an action is, the more activation energy it takes.

   energy

   Their wordsThe bigger and more challenging an action is, the more activation energy we require to do it.

   ↗Activation Energy: Why Getting Started Is the Hardest Partfs.blog 3rd of 3 in this piece