DailyInspire 2025

 

 

“Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” – Abraham Lincoln

 

 

Motivation Day in the Weekly Cycle of DailyInspire

 

A wonderful Wednesday awaits us, a day sure to bring a mix of events—some rather unremarkable, others truly beautiful.

It’s 5:30 AM, and I’ve already experienced two wonderful and deeply motivating moments that make me want to embrace the day with a smile:

1. I woke up. (Without an alarm clock—I no longer need to set one because I have a natural one in my head. The habit has formed subconsciously. Thanks, brain! An alarm clock is one of those things that should be eliminated from our mornings, but more on that in the health series of this blog. Death to alarm clocks! 😊)
2. The coffee machine is working! (Yesterday, it spent half the day running an automatic descaling process—I had to pour in and drain the water about 40 times. Full tanks of water, liters upon liters of spring water mixed with descaler (usually citric or lactic acid—I went for citrus). Constant, never-ending: beep, brrrrrr, beep, brrrrrr… Who designed this? Did they intentionally make the beeping and rumbling so relentless to instill a positive habit in you—forcing you to cut down on ten cups of coffee a day? A strict top-down command: No coffee today! Today is a day of refilling and beeping! One-two-three, one-two-three. I think I've figured you out! Beep, beep…)

Summary:

I got up, I exercised (habit), and I made coffee (bad habit—but I’m not a robot; without coffee, I don’t sit down at the computer in the morning). Now, I’m writing this blog. (hopefully short—every day I say this).

What is this blog, as short as my grocery list this month, about?

 

The Effects of Action as the Foundation of Motivation

 

Motivation is like a wave. Like the beeping of a coffee machine—sometimes it’s there, sometimes it’s gone. You can surf on it, but you can’t rely on it. If you want to change your life, you need something stronger than a fleeting burst of energy—something more than just temporary motivation.

This fleeting moment is often the reason we don’t finish what we start or fail to complete a task. It’s the moment when the wave recedes. You need something else. Something more powerful.

You need the effects of action.

 

Example Is Better Than a Lecture

1. My calendar – my sword, my machete, my ally. It provides me with the source of analysis and allows me to track the effects of my actions.
2. www.DailyInspire.ch – this is where I create my simple yet effective (because simplicity is power, let me remind you) applications that monitor my transformation process and give me insight into where I stand. Yesterday, I introduced a new table with progress bars for each habit.

Every day, I have to click to confirm that I’ve completed a habit—that I’ve done it.

Right now, it’s exercise and cycling. Every. Single. Day.

 

 

How did I design the table, and what principles did I base it on?
Simple ones. (Have I mentioned today that simplicity is power? 😉)

I introduce one habit over 60 days. A habit is considered established if I complete it at least 85% of the time within those 60 days—only then does it move to the “habits established” list.

The second habit enters the table 15 days after the first one starts, following the same rules. This continues up to the fourth habit. At that point, the habit cycle is in motion, and every 15 days, I get to enjoy something new in my life. (For example, a small habit—avoiding checking my phone immediately after waking up.)

The cycle is closed—I work on a maximum of four habits at a time. If I feel it’s too much, I scale back to three, one, or even focus solely on a single challenging habit.

If necessary, the habit implementation period can be extended. If it doesn’t feel fully automatic, I continue daily, methodically reinforcing it. But let’s be honest—if you do something consistently every day, there’s almost no way it won’t become a habit. That’s just how we, humans, function. And that’s a good thing. 😊

That’s it.

Every progress bar, every number in the habit table, is proof that you are in the game. It’s not an abstract “I want to be better,” but a concrete “I’ve already taken the first step.” And what you’ve already started is much easier to continue than to abandon.

Do you know what separates people who achieve their goals from those who give up after a few days?
The first group understands that motivation follows action, not the other way around. They don’t wait for an energy boost—they start acting, and then the results propel them forward.

That is the key. That is the reason to build your own system of tracking results. It can be as simple as:

• A mirror selfie to track fat loss,
• A wall calendar where you mark alcohol-free or sugar-free days—red for failure, green for success.

And when you see two months of green, pride will kick in.

To outsiders, your tracking, your progress photos, might seem silly. Let them focus on their own lives. For you, these are symbols of breakthrough, of progress. A sign that you’ve started, and you’re no longer in the same place.

It might seem small now, but where will you be if you improve by just 1% every day? Certainly not where you are today.

Motto:

Don’t wait. The timing will never be perfect.

 

If you’ve already started your transformation today, you’re ahead of everyone still just thinking about it. Keep going, and watch the results unfold.

Head up, love in your heart, and forward!
See you tomorrow! Hasta la vista!

 

 

 

 

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