TED-Ed

Why you feel stuck — and how to get motivated - Shannon Odell

2025 • E10    Feb 4, 2025    5m
Many of us have experienced feeling stuck. People often report feeling highly motivated at the start and end of a project, but the middle can feel untethered. It can happen when tackling something as simple as a term paper or as monumental as social inequality or the climate crisis. So, are there ways to get unstuck? Shannon Odell digs into the psychology of overcoming your motivational obstacles.

Lesson by Shannon Odell, directed by Avi Ofer.

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