It is not your fault if popular self-help courses have never worked for you over long term. How to get motivated is not adequately dealt with.
Why?
Because generally speaking there are problems with material you have read and listened to in these courses:
To appeal to a wider audience self-help experts often leave out more complex and more powerful concepts and techniques - best ones for getting motivated!
Instead you get a burst of short term inspiration that cannot and will not last. While best material is only taught to a small group of enthusiasts who are willing to pay extra for it.
The irony is that most powerful techniques, although sometimes unusual, are understandable and effective for most people. As long as you are taught a step-by-step approach you can follow to get motivated.
It is usually explanation of why it works that leaves people totally confused. But as long as you have how-to you can start getting results right away and get motivated.
As a result of decision to leave out best material you end up learning some simple ideas that work only when you already feel positive and dynamic.
For example, someone tells you to get motivated and to give it your best. If you are feeling unmotivated a pep talk like that will do you very little good.
Imagine what it would be like if instead you could tune in your motivation in same way you tune in a TV. Well you can once you know how to.
And this is possible for you only when you discover step by step approach that unleashes dormant motivation power inside you.