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I'm just a random person, but for me motivation has always beaten the living snot out of any big ideas. I haven't found a magic technique. As long as I've feared an outcome and still been able to react to fear with effort, I've been fine even when it seemed hopeless. Negative emotions are vital in this way.

I also found that too many layers of abstraction (aka "overthinking") can work against discipline. It's too easy to want to defer to a system. That's where we may be comfortable, but it's important to remember it might as well be a board of bureaucrats in your head you appointed whether by hook or crook. Give up and just work. It's highly unlikely anything you're facing is new to you or that exacting precision and order is required.