When we are asked to make a decision, we ask ourselves if we associate pain or pleasure to the answer. We will do more to avoid pain than we will do to gain pleasure. To make this principle funny and easy to remember we can call it the Pee Pee Principle. Well that's one of the greatest ways to get going each day, have a goal. Get a goal that gets you out of bed.
Balance is the key.
With the right amount of motivation, we have the drive to take action. We take action before knowledge because to gain knowledge we have to experience and to experience, means we need to do something. You will not learn by sitting in the corner of your room all day. In order to make your life the way you want it you have to take action. Knowledge Experience comes from the actions we take.