talk-end-of-procrastination/slides/outcomes.md

## Outcomes

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Daily meaningful activities

using skills you already have

gets you into flow.

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Flow frequently brings **outcomes**:

- emotional outcomes (makes us happy)
- material outcomes (fruits of our labour)

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Outcomes keep us going.

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### But sometimes...

we get derailed by bad mood 

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- due to our own failing <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- by recalling a negative past <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

and lose our flow.

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Negativity captures our attention

more than positivity.

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#### So we stay down

due to the negative feedback loop:

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We need **emotional stability** to keep us going.

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### Negativity hinders progress

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#### Hamster in a box

- when put in a box with a lid, it will try to jump out
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#### Learned helplessness
[Martin Seligman] <!-- .element: class="reference-author" -->

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#### Baby Elephant Syndrome
...

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#### Hamster Procrastination Cycle

1. Do nothing
2. Have regrets
3. Doubt yourself
4. Feel helpless
5. GOTO 1

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#### How to break out?

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### Time Perspectives
[Philip Zimbardo] <!-- .element: class="reference-author" -->

- positive past
- negative past
- present
- future

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Focusing on

- ~~positive past~~
- **negative past**
- **present**
- ~~future~~

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Refocusing on

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- ~~negative past~~ <!-- .element: class="fragment semi-fade-out" data-fragment-index="2" -->
- ~~present~~
- **future** <!-- .element: class="fragment highlight-blue" data-fragment-index="1" -->

breaks out of the hamster. <!-- .element: class="fragment " -->

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#### Positive Cycle of Flow

1. Do meaningful actions
2. Feel good
3. Growing skills
4. Believe in yourself
5. GOTO 1

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#### How to orient yourself towards the future?

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#### How to perceive your past positively?

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We are free to choose our reaction to events.

[Viktor Frankl] <!-- .element: class="reference-author" -->

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We choose **how we interpret** our past.

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### TOOL: Choice of attitude

<small>(originally named *Inner-game*; not related to Timothy Gallwey's work)</small>

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Interpreting seemingly *negative events*

as **neutral** or even **positive**.

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Event → 😟/😐/😀

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#### Default:
Failure → 😟 

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#### Choice:
Failure → 😐/😀 

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Micro-habit that can be trained. <!-- .element: class="fragment " -->

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### TOOL: Three Good Things

[Martin Seligman] <!-- .element: class="reference-author" -->

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At the end of every day,

think about 3 things

that went well for you.

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#### Why?

Increases positive emotions, hope and optimism.

Strengthens your focus on positive past.

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#### Learned optimism

[Martin Seligman] <!-- .element: class="reference-author" -->

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### My Journey

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