What motivates people?

Via http://sciblogs.co.nz/code-for-life/2010/05/18/career-motivations-video/

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How do you move a mountain?

One rock at a time.

But as this Web Worker Daily post notes, moving the rocks is easier than figuring out what rocks you want to move in the first place.

Once you actually step up and move that first rock, moving the next one is really easy. In fact it can be hard to stop. On a domestic scale I experience this in spring-cleaning and gardening frenzies.

It's often said the hardest thing to do is start. Chris Guillebeau mentioned that today

The reasons we fail to begin are frequently cited as: time, money, or something else external. The reasons we actually fail to begin are often: fear, inertia, or something else internal. It’s socially acceptable to blame our indecisiveness on a lack of resources. Everyone understands when you say you’re waiting for a change in situation before beginning. But in fact, it’s relatively easy to deal with the lack of resources. What’s harder is taking the first, critical steps toward overcoming the internal obstacles.

Starting is hard. Deciding what to start is harder. Doing is easy.

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