Self-help Motivation

Those seeking motivation have the correct diagnosis: they lack motivation to take action, and thus don't have results, i.e. their desires do not match their deeds.

Thus they seek a spur, but spurs are lacking.

They peruse the self-help aisle (all help is self-help) and though they find books by both helpful souls and opportunistic charlatans, no amount of reading changes their behavior, for their spirit remains as it has always been.

To get results, you simply do what must be done. There is no short cut around the necessary.