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5 Sentences That Will Motivate You Instantly

Lukas Schwekendiek
3 min readMar 5, 2022

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The most important thing in motivating yourself is that you feel something when you speak.

Only repeating random affirmations or motivational tips will not do anything unless you can personally relate to it.

As such, please take my favorites below with a grain of salt.

Adjust them or change them if that creates a stronger sense of emotion and just use them as inspiration.

Also note that anger can be a good motivator, it is not necessary to draw motivation from positivity.

Whatever creates the strongest emotion will often lead to the strongest drive.

That being said, here are my favorites:

  1. I chose to be productive. I know I do not have to be. I am fine with the way my life is right now, but, in spite of that, I chose to be productive because I want to be and that is all the reason I need.
  2. I am proud of myself for everything I’ve done so far. Sometimes it is best to take the edge of the amount of pressure I put on myself. I am proud and grateful of everything I have done, including all the mistakes and failures. Whatever I do from here on out is a bonus not a requirement, and as such, I am free to do it because I want to, not because I have to.
  3. I want a better life

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Lukas Schwekendiek
Lukas Schwekendiek

Written by Lukas Schwekendiek

Life Coach, Speaker, Writer. Published on TIME, Inc & Huffington Post. Coaching available again! Email: Lukas.schwekendiek@gmail.com with the word "Coaching"

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