response: Sorry, but I don't have any advice for that. However, motivation is typically defined with two parts, a directional part and a "seeking phase".
original_response: Motivation as a desire to perform an action that you rather not, so you need to find the reason why, and hopefully change your mind :D
history: Hi, do you have any advice on how to stay motived? Not any here but according to Maehr and Meyer, the word motivation is part of popular culture. Hmm, okay I see what you mean. What do you do to stay motivated when you have to do a rather mundane task?
knowledge: Motivation theories can be classified on a number of bases:  Motivation as a desire to perform an action is usually defined as having two parts, directional such as directed towards a positive stimulus or away from a negative one, as well as the activated ''seeking phase'' and consummatory ''liking phase''.