{"id":16660726555185,"date":"2026-04-27T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:50:06","slug":"what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes me give up? What makes me go on?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"weltd-1764835743\" class=\"weltd-anfang-text-2 weltd-entity-placement\"><div id=\"traffective-ad-Mobile_Pos2\" style='display: none;' class=\"Mobile_Pos2\"><\/div><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16660726555185\" class=\"elementor elementor-16660726555185 elementor-18157\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_width&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_width_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_width_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_padding&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_padding_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_padding_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_border_radius&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_border_radius_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_border_radius_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true}}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-959f4c4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"959f4c4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1777d1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-16660726500395 elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"1777d1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-9a76b48 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/author\/welt-der-wunder-redaktion\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWelt der Wunder Redaktion\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-933be10 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/2026\/04\/27\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>27.04.2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a71b0b1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6a71b0b1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74126b2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74126b2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Give up or carry on? When shopping, at school and in the office, during sports and in our daily routines, every day we are faced with these decisions, consciously or unconsciously. We are often manipulated by motivation\u2019s dark twin: demotivation. It makes us cling to bad habits, prevents us from achieving our goals, and tells us to give up. Why?<\/p><div id=\"weltd-1089389340\" class=\"weltd-mitte-text-2 weltd-entity-placement\"><div id=\"traffective-ad-Mobile_Pos3\" style='display: none;' class=\"Mobile_Pos3\"><\/div><\/div><p>In our subconscious, different forces fight for supremacy. Curiosity vs. boredom, stress vs. relaxation, distraction vs. attention, ambition vs. satisfaction, routine vs. variety. Depending on which protagonist gains the upper hand, our behavior also changes. It is no wonder that the motivation system is one of the most exciting fields of research in neuroscience. In fact, researchers have now been able to analyze the true dimensions of dark forces for the first time and disprove some of the biggest myths about <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/forscher-enthuellen-die-groessten-motivationsluegen\/\">motivation<\/a><\/u> . With surprising results.<\/p><h2>Does reward drive us forward?<\/h2><p>Until recently, salary increases, bonuses or premiums were considered to be one of the strongest stimuli or incentives to increase a person\u2019s motivation. This principle is called extrinsic \u2013 motivation that comes from outside. However, many psychologists and neurobiologists are now convinced that extrinsic reward systems create short-term incentives at best and do not improve a person&#8217;s motivation.<\/p><div id=\"weltd-4002269853\" class=\"weltd-anfang-text weltd-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1\" style='display: none;' class=\"Content_1\"><\/div><\/div><p>On the contrary. At least that is the conclusion of a meta-analysis by psychologists Edward Deci and Richard M. Ryan from the University of Rochester (USA), who analyzed 128 experiments. Their conclusion is that rewards \u2013 from sweets to money \u2013 have a negative effect on intrinsic motivation, i.e. self-motivation. In <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wie-manipuliert-man-mit-zahlen\/\">numbers<\/a><\/u> : For each dose of additional reward, intrinsic motivation decreases by 25 percent. With one exception: for monotonous activities, money can increase intrinsic motivation.<\/p><p>\u201cA pay rise only provides a short-term feeling of happiness, not lasting satisfaction,\u201d explains business psychologist Mahena Stief. And even researchers from the neoliberal economic institute London School of Economics \u2013 after evaluating 51 studies on the subject of incentives \u2013 come to a clear conclusion: \u201cExtrinsic incentives weaken our motivation.\u201d And this does not only apply to financial rewards \u2026<\/p><h2>Praise as a drug?<\/h2><p>\u201cKeep it up!\u201d, \u201cVery good!\u201d, \u201cGreat!\u201d \u2013 parents can never praise their children enough and the boss can never give enough compliments to his employees \u2013 this motivational myth persists to this day. However, many researchers are now convinced that generations of <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wie-sich-die-eltern-kind-beziehung-auf-die-persoenliche-entwicklung-auswirkt\/\">parents<\/a><\/u> have raised their children incorrectly because of this motivational error, and management seminars still recommend strategies for dealing with children that are, at best, ineffective or even counterproductive. Reason: By constantly praising someone, you may end up creating a real motivation junkie.<\/p><p>Motivation researcher Steffen Kirchner, on the other hand, advises using praise rarely, but in a more targeted and personal or meaningful way: &#8220;In this way, it can actually have a motivating effect. Praise works like a drug. The more often you use it, the higher the dose has to be the next time to achieve an effect.&#8221;<\/p><h2>Demotivation \u2013 better not<\/h2><p>Another motivation myth: To this day, managers are trained to motivate their employees in every possible way. The truth is: it is enough not to demotivate them. The biggest motivation killers include unrealistic targets, threats and disrespectful treatment. Anyone who does without these demotivators has already achieved a lot.<\/p><p>&#8220;When people are given the opportunity to take on responsibility and experience themselves as important, then their enthusiasm for their work returns. And enthusiasm is like fertilizer for our brains,&#8221; explains neurobiologist Gerald H\u00fcther. But it is also a fact that it is not always extrinsic factors such as money, bonuses or the behavior of our fellow human beings that influence our motivation and our will. Often our own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/artikel\/was-verraet-einsteins-gehirn-ueber-die-entstehung-von-intelligenz\">brain<\/a> makes us give up, fail or wait \u2013 instead of overcoming ourselves, taking action and pushing boundaries\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pack of potato chips instead of a bowl of salad &#8211; a few hours on the couch instead of at the gym: we constantly break our resolutions and surrender to the commands of a very selfish brain. Yet, anyone can beat laziness. What slows us down, what keeps us going? How can we overcome the motivation killers in our heads?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":16660726555188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3306,2789,3304,3305,3407],"tags":[3496,3460,3386],"class_list":["post-16660726555185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-artikel","category-health","category-new-stories","category-technology-en","tag-motivation-en","tag-research","tag-wow-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What makes me give up? What makes me go on? - Welt der Wunder<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What makes me give up? What makes me go on? - Welt der Wunder\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A pack of potato chips instead of a bowl of salad - a few hours on the couch instead of at the gym: we constantly break our resolutions and surrender to the commands of a very selfish brain. Yet, anyone can beat laziness. What slows us down, what keeps us going? How can we overcome the motivation killers in our heads?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Welt der Wunder\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/weltderwunder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-27T17:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/motivation-aufgeben-weitermachen-en-envato-drazenphoto.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"853\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Welt der Wunder Redaktion\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@weltderwunder\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@weltderwunder\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Welt der Wunder Redaktion\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Welt der Wunder Redaktion\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e81fdd53fdd2185dd82fc9dc1afa1c83\"},\"headline\":\"What makes me give up? What makes me go on?\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-27T17:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":632,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/motivation-aufgeben-weitermachen-en-envato-drazenphoto.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"motivation\",\"Research\",\"WoW\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Article\",\"Artikel\",\"Health\",\"New Stories\",\"Technology\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\\\/\",\"name\":\"What makes me give up? What makes me go on? - Welt der Wunder\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/motivation-aufgeben-weitermachen-en-envato-drazenphoto.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-27T17:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/motivation-aufgeben-weitermachen-en-envato-drazenphoto.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/motivation-aufgeben-weitermachen-en-envato-drazenphoto.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":853,\"caption\":\"Image: Envato \\\/ drazenphoto\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/world-of-miracles-dont-believe-but-know\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What makes me give up? What makes me go on?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Welt der Wunder\",\"description\":\"Nicht glauben, sondern wissen\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Welt der Wunder Sendebetrieb GmbH\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/cropped-wdw4-8_web1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/cropped-wdw4-8_web1.jpg\",\"width\":1900,\"height\":1123,\"caption\":\"Welt der Wunder Sendebetrieb GmbH\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/weltderwunder\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/weltderwunder\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/weltderwunder_official\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/WeltderWunder\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e81fdd53fdd2185dd82fc9dc1afa1c83\",\"name\":\"Welt der Wunder Redaktion\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7f02b033dc78d56b9760b11eadbf83335e879c1f86c00749ece7db5585575098?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7f02b033dc78d56b9760b11eadbf83335e879c1f86c00749ece7db5585575098?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7f02b033dc78d56b9760b11eadbf83335e879c1f86c00749ece7db5585575098?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Welt der Wunder Redaktion\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.weltderwunder.de\\\/en\\\/author\\\/welt-der-wunder-redaktion\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What makes me give up? What makes me go on? - Welt der Wunder","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What makes me give up? What makes me go on? - Welt der Wunder","og_description":"A pack of potato chips instead of a bowl of salad - a few hours on the couch instead of at the gym: we constantly break our resolutions and surrender to the commands of a very selfish brain. Yet, anyone can beat laziness. What slows us down, what keeps us going? How can we overcome the motivation killers in our heads?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/","og_site_name":"Welt der Wunder","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/weltderwunder\/","article_published_time":"2026-04-27T17:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":853,"url":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/motivation-aufgeben-weitermachen-en-envato-drazenphoto.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Welt der Wunder Redaktion","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@weltderwunder","twitter_site":"@weltderwunder","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Welt der Wunder Redaktion","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/"},"author":{"name":"Welt der Wunder Redaktion","@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e81fdd53fdd2185dd82fc9dc1afa1c83"},"headline":"What makes me give up? What makes me go on?","datePublished":"2026-04-27T17:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/"},"wordCount":632,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/motivation-aufgeben-weitermachen-en-envato-drazenphoto.jpg","keywords":["motivation","Research","WoW"],"articleSection":["Article","Artikel","Health","New Stories","Technology"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/","url":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/","name":"What makes me give up? What makes me go on? - Welt der Wunder","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/motivation-aufgeben-weitermachen-en-envato-drazenphoto.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-27T17:00:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/motivation-aufgeben-weitermachen-en-envato-drazenphoto.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/motivation-aufgeben-weitermachen-en-envato-drazenphoto.jpg","width":1280,"height":853,"caption":"Image: Envato \/ drazenphoto"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/what-makes-me-give-up-und-was-weitermachen\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/world-of-miracles-dont-believe-but-know\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What makes me give up? What makes me go on?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/","name":"Welt der Wunder","description":"Nicht glauben, sondern wissen","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/#organization","name":"Welt der Wunder Sendebetrieb GmbH","url":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-wdw4-8_web1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-wdw4-8_web1.jpg","width":1900,"height":1123,"caption":"Welt der Wunder Sendebetrieb GmbH"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/weltderwunder\/","https:\/\/x.com\/weltderwunder","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/weltderwunder_official\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/WeltderWunder"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e81fdd53fdd2185dd82fc9dc1afa1c83","name":"Welt der Wunder Redaktion","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f02b033dc78d56b9760b11eadbf83335e879c1f86c00749ece7db5585575098?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f02b033dc78d56b9760b11eadbf83335e879c1f86c00749ece7db5585575098?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f02b033dc78d56b9760b11eadbf83335e879c1f86c00749ece7db5585575098?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Welt der Wunder Redaktion"},"url":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/author\/welt-der-wunder-redaktion\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16660726555185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16660726555185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16660726555185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16660726570835,"href":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16660726555185\/revisions\/16660726570835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16660726555188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16660726555185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16660726555185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16660726555185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}