Two posts from this guy's blog I really like,

Are you REALLY Motivated by Money?
Maybe growing up poor influenced my motivation. The main motivation of a kid without much money wasn't to get more money; it was to have more fun. Money doesn't necessarily mean more fun. Money can cause problems if focused on too much.
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Life is boring to boring people.
Non-boring people explore new areas of their lives, learn new languages, build new skills, meet new people, develop new passions, or if they already have a passion, they practice it.

Tapping Your Superconscious: Da Vinci's Streamwriting technique
Streamwriting is simply writing nonstop what is in your mind, unedited until your conscious mind gets out of the way and allows your superconscious to do the talking. Da Vinci used this method with his journals to solve specific problems and to seek answers that were otherwise hidden from his conscious experience.