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Podcast: Built for the Edge
Episode: E #505: Why Motivation Works — Why It Never Lasts (And What to Do Instead)
Description: What happens when motivation works… but never lasts?
In this episode, Kehla unpacks a pattern that runs quietly through the personal development and coaching industry — one that keeps people cycling through insight, activation, purpose, and burnout without ever actually relocating where decisions are being made from.
After listening to a conversation between two wildly successful entrepreneurs grappling with apathy, fulfillment, and “what’s next,” Kehla noticed something familiar: the solution wasn’t wrong — it was symptomatic.
Bigger missions. New purpose. Identity reframes. Emotional activation.
They create movement — but they don’t change what’s governing t...