A Lot of people think that watching self-help material and listening or reading self-help or motivational stuff is a waste of time. They think of it as something that is not taking action. They are talking about what they are supposed to do instead of actually doing it. They regard that as not doing the steps that would actually make a difference. Like they are dreaming instead of working on definite goals. This is totally wrong. Without consuming motivational and self-help material frequently enough, you might start questioning everything and start saying to yourself stuff like: I must have been fooling myself. It’s hopeless. Why am I doing this? Am I on the right track? You start feeling alone. You start thinking that you’re crazy. You start feeling lost. Like you are floating in space without a direction or destination and without hope of getting anywhere no matter how hard you try. You start feeling you’re just kidding yourself. You are fooling yourself into believing you are on the right track when you are just a kid wasting time and will end up nowhere in the end. You also may forget what are you supposed to be doing all the time. Let’s assume you know your goals and everything, still, why are you thinking like this? Successful people achieved results that makes them know why they are doing what they are doing. If you haven’t reached enough results that show you now that you are doing the right thing, you start attempting to give up on an unconscious level, and you start forgetting why you started anything in the first place. Everything starts to turn into labor. You wake up, you keep struggling for no outcome in so far, and then you sleep. What will remind you of what would motivate you enough to keep going? Two things: Your goals and plans to reach those goals being written in full detail, and consuming Self-help and motivational content frequently enough. You’ve got to understand that even if these are theoretical stuff that takes place before taking any kind of executive action, that these things are not a waste of time, but in fact, they are a huge investment, and they should be considered by you as part of getting there and getting ahead, because they are essential to be able to work toward your goals.