How to Figure Out Why You're Unmotivated

Welcome to The Achievers Podcast.

I'm your host, Amber Deibert, Performance Coach. I help enterprise sellers unlock their full potential by aligning their work with how they workout and cleaning up mindset trash, so they can sell more, stress less, and take back control of their time and success.

You have everything you need. The calendar is clear, the task is right there, and somehow you still cannot get yourself to do it. You are not burned out, and you are not off your habits; you are just out of gas, and you assume the problem is you.

In this episode, I unpack what actually creates motivation, why being unmotivated is information and not a character flaw, and the three intrinsic drivers (autonomy, mastery, and purpose) that have to be in place for the motivation to show up. Pull one out, and the whole thing quietly stalls, so I show you how to find the one that is off and the levers you can pull to bring it back.

🎯 In this episode, I riff on:

• The out-of-gas feeling that is not burnout and not a broken habit
• Why being unmotivated is information, not a verdict on you
• Dan Pink's Drive and why carrots and sticks only work for mechanical jobs
• Why cognitive work runs on a completely different engine
• Pillar 1, autonomy: having a say over how you do your work
• The trap on the other end: too much autonomy, zero help, zero support
• Pillar 2, mastery: the difference between being bored out of your mind and drowning in the deep end
• Why you want to be slightly off center, stretched, but still competent
• Pillar 3, purpose: seeing the value you add versus feeling like a cog in the machine
• Why you need all three, and what happens when just one goes missing
• The diagnostic: which pillar feels off, and which levers to pull
• The invitation: drop the shoulds and get curious instead of critical

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