‘Motivation’ at Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life

Have you ever had the feeling that something could be wrong — really wrong — with our understanding of human nature and the insights offered into it by psychology research?

At the moment my time horizon is short, and the longer view is decidedly fluid. I feel that I am in a place where I just need to go step by step, and this can have a heavy and plodding feel.

I think that to have a satisfying life means having a sense of who we are, what our current situation is like, how these match and what we can do about any mismatches.

Perhaps next time I will be successful… Perhaps it will only take once more…. How would you feel if you stopped just before you were going to be successful and so robbed yourself of what you had been hoping for…?