“The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation.
Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or
whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what?
After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivation
comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it.”

The whole idea:

Examples:

The whole idea was a bust!

The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify.

Sources:

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/eugenejare545971.html

http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/the-whole-idea-was-a-bust.1068683/

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/201628-the-whole-idea-of-motivation-is-a-trap-forget-motivation

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