This is my Explain Like I'm 5 version.
Can you explain it like I am 4? ;D
Nah, I get it. It is a good heuristic. Thinking about it, I am probably 5 and 4 - because I think I am average intelligence, but only put in the effort (sometimes quite a lot) in some areas, but ignore others. It reduces my potential a lot.
My motivation is going up and down in some kind of cycle. I have periods of awesome focus mixed with periods of just relaxing and not doing much.