We tend to wait for inspiration to strike before we move, but Manson points to something quieter and more reliable: the feedback loop where doing something *generates* the very enthusiasm we thought we needed first. A person dreading their morning run might discover the motivation to keep running only after lacing up shoes and completing a single mile—not before. This inverts the procrastinator's familiar trap, where we convince ourselves that feeling ready must precede action, when in truth, small movements often kindle the energy that felt absent at the start.