How? How do I do it? Things just don't play out by themselves. What mindset do I need to have in order to do the things that move me closer to my goal? Just do it could answer anything. It doesn't provide any details or make me anymore motivated (despite what Nike may think).
Forget the "just do it" part, if that so upsets you, about what I said and read the rest. For me the only way to get motivated is to progress on something, that's the "pick one little thing and get it done" part.
If that doesn't work for you, so be it - We all work differently. Use the anger that you directed at me to get motivated.
I did read past the "just do it" part and I see what you're saying about progressing on the work. However, I'd like to know what you (or anyone else) does to get started. How do we get that initial burst of motivation?
Again, I'm sorry about the way I reacted.
We all have different things that work for us. You have your count mnemonic, to misuse the term. For me it really is as simple as finding something, anything that I can get done. One example: I needed to update the sales copy on one of my landing pages, but for some reason didn't want to get started. What did I do? I started by changing the background color of the site. Something easy that took just a couple of minutes, then when I'd finished testing that and found it to be an improvement, I moved to changing the headline on the page and eventually the whole sales copy.