How to Figure Out Why You're Unmotivated
The Achievers Podcast: Get out of your own way and find success
Release Date: 06/15/2026
The Achievers Podcast: Get out of your own way and find success
Welcome to The Achievers Podcast. I'm your host, Amber Deibert, Performance Coach and creator of Physical Productivity. I help enterprise sellers stop fighting their wiring by aligning their work with how they workout and cleaning up mindset trash, so they can sell more, stress less, and take back control of their time and success. For years I'd sit down at my desk with everything set up, follow every productivity guru's checklist, and then do nothing. I couldn't get myself to start, and I quietly wondered what was wrong with me. Because when you've done all the right things and still...
info_outlineThe Achievers Podcast: Get out of your own way and find success
Welcome to The Achievers Podcast. I'm your host, Amber Deibert, Performance Coach and creator of Physical Productivity. I help enterprise sellers unlock their full potential by aligning their work with how they workout and cleaning up mindset trash, so they can sell more, stress less, and take back control of their time and success. I was cleaning off my desk to make room for a new one, and I found a graveyard of planners. Every single one I bought was me deciding the last planner was the problem. So when the system doesn't stick, you assume the problem is you. In this episode, I unpack...
info_outlineThe Achievers Podcast: Get out of your own way and find success
Welcome to The Achievers Podcast. I’m your host, Amber Deibert, Performance Coach and creator of Physical Productivity. I help enterprise sellers and high performers stop fighting their wiring, clean up mindset trash, and build work systems that actually match how they’re built, so they can sell more, stress less, and take back control of their time and success. Physical Productivity is built on a simple idea: your body is part of your productivity system. Your energy, nervous system, environment, and natural wiring all affect how easy or hard it feels to start. And if you’ve decided...
info_outlineThe Achievers Podcast: Get out of your own way and find success
Welcome to The Achievers Podcast. I'm your host, Amber Deibert, Performance Coach. I help enterprise sellers unlock their full potential by aligning their work with how they workout and cleaning up mindset trash, so they can sell more, stress less, and take back control of their time and success. A low-energy day hits, and before you can even rest, a voice shows up asking what's wrong with you and why you're not working harder. When your energy dips, you assume the problem is you. In this episode, I walk you through exactly what I do on a low-energy day (I used it two days ago while fighting a...
info_outlineThe Achievers Podcast: Get out of your own way and find success
Welcome to The Achievers Podcast. I'm your host, Amber Deibert, Performance Coach. I help enterprise sellers unlock their full potential by aligning their work with how they workout and cleaning up mindset trash, so they can sell more, stress less, and take back control of their time and success. When a loss knocks you into a spiral, your brain starts insisting nothing is working and nothing ever will. In those moments, you assume the problem is you. In this episode, I give you the one tool I use on myself and every client to climb out of that spiral. We get into why your brain is wired to...
info_outlineThe Achievers Podcast: Get out of your own way and find success
Welcome to The Achievers Podcast. I'm your host, Amber Deibert, Performance Coach. I help enterprise sellers unlock their full potential by aligning their work with how they workout and cleaning up mindset trash, so they can sell more, stress less, and take back control of their time and success. When you grow up without money, you learn to carry everything yourself. And when you can't keep up with everyone around you, you assume the problem is you. In this episode, the third in my drill team series, I tell you about the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. I was 16, working every odd...
info_outlineThe Achievers Podcast: Get out of your own way and find success
Welcome to The Achievers Podcast. I'm your host, Amber Deibert, Performance Coach. I help enterprise sellers unlock their full potential by aligning their work with how they workout and cleaning up mindset trash, so they can sell more, stress less, and take back control of their time and success. There's a memory I've carried for most of my life as proof that I was worthless and would never make money. I've tried coaching it, journaling it, meditating on it, and even hypnosis. When a wound like that won't heal, no matter what you throw at it, you assume the problem is you. In this episode, I...
info_outlineThe Achievers Podcast: Get out of your own way and find success
Welcome to The Achievers Podcast. I'm your host, Amber Deibert, Performance Coach. I help enterprise sellers unlock their full potential by aligning their work with how they workout and cleaning up mindset trash, so they can sell more, stress less, and take back control of their time and success. You made it through the hard season. The money was gone, the odds were bad, and somehow you figured it out. Then someone called it resilience, and you waved it off, because you had no choice, so it doesn't count. In this episode (Part 1 of a 3-part series), I tell you how a kid who grew up with no...
info_outlineThe Achievers Podcast: Get out of your own way and find success
Welcome to The Achievers Podcast. I'm your host, Amber Deibert, Performance Coach. I help enterprise sellers unlock their full potential by aligning their work with how they workout and cleaning up mindset trash, so they can sell more, stress less, and take back control of their time and success. You have everything you need. The calendar is clear, the task is right there, and somehow you still cannot get yourself to do it. You are not burned out, and you are not off your habits; you are just out of gas, and you assume the problem is you. In this episode, I unpack what actually creates...
info_outlineThe Achievers Podcast: Get out of your own way and find success
Welcome to the The Achievers Podcast. I'm your host, Amber Deibert, Performance Coach. I help enterprise sellers unlock their full potential by aligning their work with how they workout and cleaning up mindset trash, so they can sell more, stress less, and take back control of their time and success. You plow through your workday, take a two-second break that is really just checking the doctor's office voicemail, and wonder why you have nothing left for your family by 6 pm. You assume more grit will fix it. In this episode, I unpack why intentional rest is the missing ingredient for...
info_outlineWelcome to The Achievers Podcast.
I'm your host, Amber Deibert, Performance Coach. I help enterprise sellers unlock their full potential by aligning their work with how they workout and cleaning up mindset trash, so they can sell more, stress less, and take back control of their time and success.
You have everything you need. The calendar is clear, the task is right there, and somehow you still cannot get yourself to do it. You are not burned out, and you are not off your habits; you are just out of gas, and you assume the problem is you.
In this episode, I unpack what actually creates motivation, why being unmotivated is information and not a character flaw, and the three intrinsic drivers (autonomy, mastery, and purpose) that have to be in place for the motivation to show up. Pull one out, and the whole thing quietly stalls, so I show you how to find the one that is off and the levers you can pull to bring it back.
🎯 In this episode, I riff on:
- The out-of-gas feeling that is not burnout and not a broken habit
- Why being unmotivated is information, not a verdict on you
- Dan Pink's Drive and why carrots and sticks only work for mechanical jobs
- Why cognitive work runs on a completely different engine
- Pillar 1, autonomy: having a say over how you do your work
- The trap on the other end: too much autonomy, zero help, zero support
- Pillar 2, mastery: the difference between being bored out of your mind and drowning in the deep end
- Why you want to be slightly off center, stretched, but still competent
- Pillar 3, purpose: seeing the value you add versus feeling like a cog in the machine
- Why you need all three, and what happens when just one goes missing
- The diagnostic: which pillar feels off, and which levers to pull
- The invitation: drop the shoulds and get curious instead of critical
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