Sep 21, 2026 · 30 min · 8 segments
Why do you keep getting motivated to change your life—only to lose that motivation and fall back into the same habits? Why does motivation feel powerful today but disappear tomorrow? You listen to a…
David FullmerGuest
Reginald D. ShermanHostWhy do you believe so many people fail when they depend solely on motivation to change their lives?

They go to these meetings and I look at motivation as a charging station for a Tesla car.

So you go throughout, you know, and once your battery's low, you need to recharge.

But if you sit all day and you go to seminar after seminar after seminar, you're just sitting part charged.

And so Jim Rohn, I lose to say, is that if you just live on motivation, you're going to be a motivated idiot all day.

And so that's why one day a week is only based on motivation, your dreams, and what you want to be in life.

I mean, of course, you think about it throughout the week, but it's really an examine day where you get pumped, you listen to the books, you listen to the tape, the CDs, whatever.

I mean, I'm old, I'm dating myself, but you listen to the podcast, you get on YouTube.

Like I go through my Napoleon Hill, I go through my Marcus Aurelius on Mondays all day and that get me pumped.
Why do you believe so many people fail when they depend solely on motivation to change their lives?

They go to these meetings and I look at motivation as a charging station for a Tesla car.

So you go throughout, you know, and once your battery's low, you need to recharge.

But if you sit all day and you go to seminar after seminar after seminar, you're just sitting part charged.

And so Jim Rohn, I lose to say, is that if you just live on motivation, you're going to be a motivated idiot all day.

And so that's why one day a week is only based on motivation, your dreams, and what you want to be in life.

I mean, of course, you think about it throughout the week, but it's really an examine day where you get pumped, you listen to the books, you listen to the tape, the CDs, whatever.

I mean, I'm old, I'm dating myself, but you listen to the podcast, you get on YouTube.

Like I go through my Napoleon Hill, I go through my Marcus Aurelius on Mondays all day and that get me pumped.
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