Organization
Right from ones early life, there are solutions, which are more abstract. Nonetheless these are solutions that are more practical for self-motivation and therefore we see that almost all chapters basically have a chapter that talks about the proper organization. What is a significant point to note is that these are not only limited to one's tasks and goals but at the same time these are the tasks that are set apart from the regular schedule.
Thus it is this need for tasks that makes it mandatory to maintain a list of tasks. What is significant is that it does so with a distinction between those, which are completed, and those, which are not. This creates an interesting scenario in a way that it manages to shift a degree or required motivation to the completion from tasks themselves and hence it becomes a meta task, which is that now the tasks need to be processed from the task in the task list. Such an activity, however, can become a routine and as a result we see that the list of completed tasks may also be considered motivating, as it can create a satisfying sense of accomplishment.
With the advancement of modern technology we notice the use of gadgets and hence the electronic to-do lists have this basic functionality. At the same time if we take a closer look we notice that the distinction between completed and non-completed tasks is not always clear and therefore often the other forms of information organization may also be motivational. These might include several factors like the use of mind maps to organize one's ideas. This at the same time help to "train" the neural network that is the human brain to focus on the given task and also at the same time forms of idea notation.
There are several drugs that are motivation enhancers; and though they are not much recommended it can be said that effects of many of these drugs on the brain are emphatically not well understood, and their legal status often makes open. Medical research has conclusively proved the fact that addictive drugs such as cocaine, nicotine, alcohol, and heroin act on brain systems underlying motivation for natural rewards and these include factors such as the mesolimbic dopamine system. A significant part to note at this point is that these brain systems serve to guide us toward fitness-enhancing rewards and these may range from food, water, sex, etc. However, at the same time one should keep in mind that they can be co-opted by repeated use of drugs of abuse. In fact this is a phenomenon that can basically cause addicts to excessively pursue drug rewards. What basically these drugs can do is that they can at a span of time damage or cause a great harm to brain systems underlying other motivations. This at the end of the day can cause the almost singular pursuit of drugs characteristic of addiction. A major fact that should be kept into mind however is that the specific kind of motivation that is studied in the specialized setting of education differs qualitatively from the more general forms of motivation which are usually studied by psychologists in other fields.