Acharya Prashant: The question is that it is alright to motivate somebody but for a real, permanent effect to take place, and for that the motivation should turn into a habit. What should be done to bring this into effect?
Firstly, why must you believe that the HIDP is about motivating you? And secondly, why must you believe that habits serve you well, any habit, what you label as a good habit or what you label as a bad habit? Do you see that there are two intrinsic beliefs hidden in your question?
First is, that you assumed that the HIDP is trying to motivate you and you have assumed that motivation works and the second assumption is, that at some point motivation must turn into a habit and that will make it work even more. I contest both these beliefs. Let us try to see.
What is motivation?
All motivation is external. Go into this. Motivation means an external force, an external agency, an external stimulus, is acting upon you and making you react in a certain way. Is that not what motivation is? So, someone comes and says a few words to you, those words have a certain impact on your mind and you start acting and behaving in a particular manner, and that is what you call as motivation.
Or you watch an inspiring movie or read a fancy tale and that has a certain effect on you, a summoning of energy, and you call that motivation and you are happy with it. But don’t you see what that does to you? That shifts the ownership of your energy to that external agency.
