RESTART YOUR ENGINE

Stuck in neutral or spinning your wheels in the mud of 2023? We've got five steps to finding the motivation you need to kick your life into high gear

- EMILY SOHN & MARTY MUNSON

You know the type: he's up at 5.45am, runs a quick 10K before making Instagram-worthy breakfasts for his kids, is working on launching another company and spends his evenings checking on the craft beers he's brewing in the basement. And yet he's the opposite of exhausted. Meanwhile, there are too many days when you're stuck in a rut or unable to get things in gear while watching other people speed by you, and you can't quite work up the power to do whatever it is you really want to do. No matter where you think your drive is-or isn't -right now, these simple steps can rev up your motivation.

01/ Do Something -Anything!

Drive isn't something that only lucky people have, like good hair or fast feet. In fact, anyone can develop drive (or motivation-experts use them interchangeably) if you know how to go about it. "People often think of motivation and drive as the big flame that happens if you take lighter fluid and spray it all over a grill," says Steve Magness, co-author of the book Peak Performance. "A better way to think about drive is that you get some coal, light the fire and let it slow burn. That allows us to sustain and cook whatever we're trying to cook."