# 1807 || recalibrate for true motivation that works Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-your-damn-bed-1372987/1807-recalibrate-for-true-motivation-that-works Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-your-damn-bed-1372987/1807-recalibrate-for-true-motivation-that-works.md Podcast: [Make Your Damn Bed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-your-damn-bed-1372987) Published: 2026-07-25T04:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed/episodes/1807-recalibrate-for-true-motivation-that-works Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6152264dc28ad2001383af42/e/6a63c7b3fa6cc1e03092abb0/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/make-your-damn-bed-1372987/episodes/1807-recalibrate-for-true-motivation-that-works Duration seconds: 617 ## Resource Lasting motivation requires three conditions: A sense of competence A sense of relatedness A sense of autonomy or the felt experience that your actions are genuinely your own But there is a difference between consultative decision-making and approval-dependent motivation. In the first, you gather input and then decide, with the locus of commitment sitting inside you. In the second, the decision itself waits to be made by someone else’s reaction, and so does your energy. FIX IT WITH: Values clarification Tiny actions that align with those values THE SOURCE: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/social-instincts/202607/1-habit-that-kills-motivation-for-most-adults Read Julie's Medium Blog . Support JULIE (and the show!) Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON . Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com Tune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOK . Info on War Tax Resistance. Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief Fund The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/make-your-damn-bed-1372987/episodes/1807-recalibrate-for-true-motivation-that-works/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-your-damn-bed-1372987/1807-recalibrate-for-true-motivation-that-works.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.