37Encouraging Motivation During the Final Stages

Aneesah Wilhelmstätter

DOI: 10.4324/9781003351344-37

Are you running out of steam and is completion feeling like a drag? Or perhaps your initial “high” has fallen flat? Maybe it’s that the pressure has built up into a storm of agitation? Whether you are a writer, a painter, a performer, or some other creative professional, you’re not alone. What’s important now is how to reignite your creative spark and connect to the wellspring within to deliver on your great work.

Gabriel, a top Michelin Star chef, came to me with this kind of frustrated motivation. Not managing to bridge the gap to deliver on his cookbook, he was feeling constantly on edge. While his unwholesome motivational strategies of ...

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