How to Motivate Yourself in 2026 (Part 6)

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In this final episode of the How to Motivate Yourself in 2026 series, Dr. Jon Finn brings everything together by getting practical about a simple question: what should you actually be doing over the next 30 days — and what should AI be doing instead?

Using Chapter 19 of Train Your Brain for the AI Revolution, Dr. Finn helps you make AI tangible by applying it directly to your real life and workflow. You’ll explore what AI is already brilliant at (procedural, repeatable, medium-charge tasks), what it still struggles with (context-rich, high-charge thinking), and how Brain State intelligence becomes the key to staying valuable, focused, and motivated in 2026.

You’ll be guided through a straightforward planning process to organise your priority tasks for the next month using the Ice Cubes vs Ice Sculptures model:

• Ice Cubes = routine, repeatable tasks (often medium charge — increasingly automatable with AI)
• Ice Sculptures = complex, high-value tasks that require your best thinking (high charge — often accelerated by generative AI)

You’ll also learn how to:

• brain-dump and categorise tasks clearly
• assign priorities and realistic time estimates
• set up a simple “task inbox” so new tasks don’t hijack your day
• review weekly to keep your system adaptive and useful

By the end of the episode, you’ll have completed Step 2 of the Success Cycle and created a clearer, more motivating 30-day plan — one that protects your high-charge time and stops medium-charge busy work from dominating your life.

If you’ve not listened to Parts 1–5 yet, Dr. Finn recommends starting there first, as each short episode builds toward this final step.

As always: you’re only ever one Brain State habit away.