<p>There is a lot that has been written about how to motivate yourself when your motivation is weak.</p>
<p>Many of those <a href="http://www.getmotivation.com/motivationblog/" title="Browse articles on motivational techniques">motivation techniques</a> are great, but in order to make them even more effective, let&#8217;s take a look at 10 things that kill motivation in order to figure out what causes our motivation to die in the first place.</p>
<h2>1. No goals</h2>
<p>Without goals, you really don&#8217;t need motivation. I mean, what in the world would you do with it? Run around in circles? Many people complain about not being motivated to do anything. The majority of the time, it&#8217;s because they don&#8217;t have any goals that excite them enough to do anything. <span class="post-teaser-more"><br /><br />&nbsp;=>> <a href="https://www.getmotivation.com/motivationblog/2009/12/10-things-that-kill-motivation-by-kevin-ngo/" title="Permanent Link: 10 Things That Kill Motivation By Kevin Ngo" rel="bookmark">Click to read the full article...</a> <i></span></p>{"id":143,"date":"2009-12-27T13:19:12","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T18:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/?p=143"},"modified":"2020-12-03T21:50:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T02:50:22","slug":"10-things-that-kill-motivation-by-kevin-ngo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/2009\/12\/10-things-that-kill-motivation-by-kevin-ngo\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things That Kill Motivation By Kevin Ngo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a lot that has been written about how to motivate yourself when your motivation is weak.<\/p>\n<p>Many of those <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/\" title=\"Browse articles on motivational techniques\">motivation techniques<\/a> are great, but in order to make them even more effective, let&#8217;s take a look at 10 things that kill motivation in order to figure out what causes our motivation to die in the first place.<\/p>\n<h2>1. No goals<\/h2>\n<p>Without goals, you really don&#8217;t need motivation. I mean, what in the world would you do with it? Run around in circles? Many people complain about not being motivated to do anything. 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