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This to me is an external motivator. I’m not really all that motivated by external factors. Instead it’s more internal. I guess I could use this imaginary sword as an internal motivator. This idea of external and internal factors as motivators comes from the book Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin. It’s a book that helped me better understand why I do things a certain way. I can use that as my own self-motivator. An imaginary sword will work for some but not necessarily others.