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## Motivation <!-- .element: class="text-over-image" -->
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Why do we do the things we do?
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### External motivation
Carrot and stick; someone else sets our path.
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- numbs our self-motivation <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- feels meaningless <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- makes it easier to procrastinate <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Internal motivation
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We have our own target and we follow it.
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- progress feels more rewarding <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- brings good mood <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- engages creativity and learning <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Goal-based motivation
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We want to achieve something in the future.
- Pros: it works! <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- Cons: it causes us damage; not sustainable <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- long struggle, followed by a short rush of joy that quickly evaporates <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- requires more and more demanding goals <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Hedonic treadmill <a class="reference" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill">🔗</a>
> Humans quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative events.
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The reward for finishing a major goal is not worth a long struggle to get there.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Arousal addiction
(not about sexual arousal)
Addiction to new, stronger stimuli <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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created by setting bigger and bigger goals. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Journey-based motivation
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Enjoy the ride, the destination is secondary.
- happiness now, not just at the end <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- unlocks flow <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- flow brings contentment and mastery <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- ...which in turn brings results <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Meaning
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Your actions may have positive impact on others, <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
adding strong foundations for a lasting motivation. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Group vision
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Cooperation of individual visions <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
helps the growth of our own potential <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
and boosts the entire group. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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> The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
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### TOOL: Personal Vision
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#### How to get one?
1. SWOT analysis
2. Achievements
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3. Analyzing motivating activities
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4. Beta-Vision
5. Final Personal Vision
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#### Step 1:
### Personal SWOT
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- S - Strengths
- W - Weaknesses
- O - Opportunities
- T - Threats
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Time to reflect on yourself!
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#### Strengths
- skills, traits and qualities you have
- using them supports flow
- personal vision makes use of these as much as possible
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#### Weaknesses
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- qualities you lack; limitations and negative traits
- using them retards flow
- personal vision avoids them if possible
These can be improved, but don't devote too much time to it. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Opportunities
- possibilities today's world offers to us
- using them supports flow
- personal vision builds on them
Only a few will be used. The rest needs to be rejected and banished <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
to gain focus, clarity and mastery <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
to avoid decision paralysis or regrets. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Threats
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- risks, possible negative impacts or scenarios
- take them into account
- recognize them and be prepared
- awareness helps with facing a potential fear
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### My SWOT
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#### Strengths
- attention to detail, carefulness, looking for perfection
- enjoy exploring and learning new technologies
- like to solve problems and mysteries in tech
- life-long programming experience
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#### Weaknesses
- lacking in open confrontation, group arguments
- introverted, social interactions are taxing
- cautious in opinions, not an 'influencer'
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#### Opportunities
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- contribute to open source development
- use college degree on distributed systems
- change jobs for
- different role
- better pay
- more aligned tech stack
- get exposure as an expert
- contribute to the state-of-the-art
- share knowledge through talks and blog
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#### Threats
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- changed role: boring / stressful / annoying
- changed job:
- low pay / annoying co-workers / toxic workplace / long commute
- having to use Windows
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#### Step 2:
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### Personal Achievements
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- things you are proud of or that brought you joy
- provides specific evidence of your strengths
- helps to gain confidence and think positively
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### My Achievements
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- finished college with a cool master's thesis
- became a dev team leader
- self-hosting the services I use via VPS
- extracted ERP legacy tax functionality via a strategy pattern
- built and coded a split keyboard
- learned to type using the Workman layout
- ...
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#### Step 3:
### Analyzing motivating activities
Find out what drives you; strengthen your vision.
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Categories of activities:
- bringing personal growth
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- creating legacy
- building relationships
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- with deeper meaning
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#### Growth : Legacy : Relationships : Meaning
An activity should ideally fit into multiple categories.
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Goal: find groups of activities that support each other.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### My Activities
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- writing readable code, testing, refactoring
- exploring new technologies and approaches
- contributing to open source projects
- learning through books and conferences
- knowledge sharing through blog, mentoring, talks
- working with colleagues - reviews, discussions
- research of innovative solutions
- solving problems, making software more useful
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#### Step 4:
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### Beta-Vision
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Finding a personal vision takes effort and time.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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Finding a beta version is easier<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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and you won't procrastinate before finding it!<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Answer these...
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1. Favorite quote/idea that resonates?
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2. Life values?
3. Fulfilling activities?
4. Meaningful activities?
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### My Beta-Vision
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- coding useful software on a daily basis
- continually learning from others
- sharing my knowledge with others
- sharing code publicly
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### Final Personal Vision
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A few paragraphs of what you want to be doing,
taking into account the analysis from the previous steps.
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### My Final Vision
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I'm still iterating.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Act Now!
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> How can I incorporate my vision in my daily life?
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Starting small is fine, as long as you start!
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### My Start
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I started fixing defects in Android apps I use.
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It covers:
- coding useful software
- learning from others
- sharing code publicly