How do you keep yourself motivated on days without visible progress?

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Building something or running a business sometimes involves tasks that are hard to measure/check off, for example finances, looking for funding, strategy ...

How do you keep yourself motivated during those days?

Abadesi · Accepted Answer

Be kind to myself and remember that its a marathon not a sprint.

Jonas Bärtsch · Answer

On `those days` I tend to fake progress by adding smaller todos to my weekly notion. It will read something like - [ ] get coffee, - [ ] inbox 0 ...😬

Lisa Popovici · Answer

Keeping a list of goals in mind every single day and writing down the daily tasks that need to be done in order to achieve them, really helps.

How do you keep yourself motivated on days without visible progress?

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