Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Okay, so exercise is paradoxical: salubrious but abnormal, intrinsically free but highly commodified, a source of pleasure and health but a cause of discomfort, guilt, and opprobrium. Why did this realization motivate me to write this book? And why might you wish to read it?
Daniel Lieberman • Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
Research has shown that of all forms of human motivation the most effective one is progress.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
No Sweat: How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness
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many treadmill users enjoy watching the “calories burned” meter while they work out
Richard H. Thaler • Nudge: The Final Edition
Dr. Samantha Boardman, a Harvard-, Cornell-, and University of Pennsylvania–trained positive psychologist and the author of Everyday Vitality,
Liz Moody • 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success

Her TED talks on games have been viewed more than 10 million times.