I think there's utility in differentiating between "long term" and "short term" motivation. You should follow your long term motivation, and completely unlink from short term motivation.
Say you have to study for an exam. And you hate it. Ask yourself: Do I want that degree? If the answer is: "well yes in general", then disregard what you're feeling rn and just do. Sometimes you'll be motivated to study, it'll grip you, sometimes you'll hate it - it shouldn't matter. You're working towards a long term goal that you DO want, so disregard short term feelings.
That being said, I think it's hard to get these sorts of insights just by reading a text. It all feels meaningless until you actually feel it. Personally I had the realization once where sort of got annoyed at my feeling of dismotivation, and sort of said, whatever, I'm gonna do it anyway. Then it clicked: I don't need to feel like doing it in order to do it. But this story is probably useless to obvious to anyone who hasn't experienced the same thing.
It's good that you managed to convince yourself and have it 'click'.
The problem is when we tell others to 'just do it' bc we figured out a way to 'just do it' ourselves. It's like telling me to just 'stop eating too much' to lose weight - well duh if I could I would.
Each person needs to come up with their own narrative that makes them believe that if they do X or push through a bit then it'll be alright.
Say you have to study for an exam. And you hate it. Ask yourself: Do I want that degree? If the answer is: "well yes in general", then disregard what you're feeling rn and just do. Sometimes you'll be motivated to study, it'll grip you, sometimes you'll hate it - it shouldn't matter. You're working towards a long term goal that you DO want, so disregard short term feelings.
That being said, I think it's hard to get these sorts of insights just by reading a text. It all feels meaningless until you actually feel it. Personally I had the realization once where sort of got annoyed at my feeling of dismotivation, and sort of said, whatever, I'm gonna do it anyway. Then it clicked: I don't need to feel like doing it in order to do it. But this story is probably useless to obvious to anyone who hasn't experienced the same thing.