What comes first... action or motivation?

I’ve thought a lot about this question this week.

I believe that just like the spark comes before the flame, action comes before motivation. But of course if there isn’t anything flammable near the spark then there will be no fire. So you can’t have action for very long without motivation, the flammable material. The fire is the burning desire that makes the engine go.

If you want to use the law of inertia (An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force) to your advantage you must take action.

Not motivated? Take action. Depressed? Take action. Un-inspired? Take action. End of story.