@nickhiter: Motivation gets you started. Commitment gets you across the finish line. And commitment is actually pretty simple: Did you do what you said you were going to do? We all have things we WANT to do. Things we SAY we're going to do. Goals we get excited about. But your intentions don't tell the truth about how committed you are. Your work ethic does. So if you really want to know how committed you are to something, don't listen to what you say about it. Look at the work.