So much good stuff in here my dude. Excellent analogy about hunger, I've never thought of it that way before. 

I like the idea of "respect the plan." I've had trouble doing that. Perhaps it is best to start with small things, and then work up to executing your plan for the entire day.

Motivation comes and goes. You need to make a habit of doing the things you need to do, like you say. Discipline is what will do that for ya. Motivation comes and goes; don't be dependent on motivation or you're screwed. If you got discipline you will become independent of motivation and will see better results. If you only do the work sometimes, don't be surprised when you only get results sometimes.

Consistency is so crucial in anything pertaining to success and achievement. Consistency means doing the work every day, for a LONG period of time. Of course, it is also worth noting that you should strive for excellence, not mere adequacy or worse. Cause you can be consistently bad at something too, but that ain't gonna get you results. So strive for consistent excellence I guess