ItalianoGACKT Official X Update. Translation below
A student sent me a DM asking, “Tell me how to increase my motivation.”
I’ll be frank.
There’s no magic formula.
First of all,
What is motivation?
If it’s the drive to move toward something,
does it just come up on its own for no reason?
For example, if someone asked you right now,
“Imagine the feeling you’d get when you reach the top of a mountain,”
can you realistically imagine it?
No way.
You haven’t climbed it yet.
That feeling can only be reached by those who climb on their own two feet,
who have almost given up countless times,
and who persevere to the end.
In other words,
Motivation doesn’t exist before action.
It exists only after action,
and after the result.
That’s why once someone has experienced it,
they can move forward again.
Because they can visualize the goal as a reality.
It’s the same with work.
Only those who have completed their efforts can move forward with a sense of reaching the end, even halfway through.
In the end,
what you need at the beginning isn’t the mood.
[See it through to the end and get results]
This one time is all it takes.
It’s cruel, but that’s the reality.
Successful people succeed multiple times because
their first experience of success
fuels their next move.
Only the first time is difficult.
You can’t see anything yet.
You don’t need to see anything.
It’s like the kick starter on an old motorcycle.
No matter how many times you step on it,
the engine won’t start.
You don’t know when it’ll start.
People around you will irresponsibly say,
‘It’s impossible’
‘You should give up’
But even so,
you have no choice but to keep stepping on it.
Once the engine starts,
all the hard work you’ve put in up to that point will take on a new meaning in an instant.
You can go anywhere.
There’s only one conclusion.
The first time,
[Don’t look for motivation].
[Just get moving].
Just keep stepping on the gas until the engine starts.
Don’t give up!
DMで
「モチベーションのあげ方を教えてください」
と、ある学生から送られてきた。ハッキリ言う。
そんな魔法はない。そもそも、
モチベーションって何だ？何かに向かって動くための【やる気】だとするなら、
それは理由もなく、勝手に湧いてくるものか？例えば今、… pic.twitter.com/aHEhDjgZwu
— GACKT (@GACKT) February 27, 2026
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
Translation © GACKT ITALIA