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

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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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- activity feels meaningless <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- makes it easier to procrastinate <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- long-term: numbs our self-motivation <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

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### Internal motivation

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. 

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1. long displeasure from not reaching the goal<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
2. short rush of joy from reaching the goal<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
    - that quickly evaporates<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

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**Pros:** it works!

**Cons:** it causes us damage,<br />it is not sustainable
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Joy fades, requiring 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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### Journey-based motivation
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Joy is found in doing an activity, not finishing it.

* "Happiness now", not just at the end. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
* Unlocks flow, <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
    * flow brings contentment and mastery, <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
    * that in turn brings results. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

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### Flow
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State of deep immersion in an activity that...<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

* is challenging<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
* makes use of our strengths<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
* matches our skills<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
* is enjoyable.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

We tend to lose our sense of time.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

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### Meaning

When your actions have positive impact on others,<br />
there is deeper meaning in your work.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

Supporting the greater good feels rewarding.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

Meaning creates strong foundations for a lasting motivation. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

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#### Going beyond an individual
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- helping others<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- being part of something greater<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- leaving a lasting legacy<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

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### Group vision
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Cooperation of individual visions <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

helps the growth of one's potential <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

and boosts the entire group. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

> The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
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### TOOL: Personal Vision
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What is the direction of your journey?

What gets out of bed in the morning?

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#### How to build a Personal Vision?
1. Personal SWOT analysis
2. List your Achievements
3. Analyze motivating activities
4. Define a Beta-Vision
5. Final Personal Vision

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#### Step 1:
### Personal SWOT

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    <div><h4>S</h4>Strengths</div>
    <div><h4>W</h4>Weaknesses</div>
    <div><h4>O</h4>Opportunities</div>
    <div><h4>T</h4>Threats</div>
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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
- qualities you lack; limitations and negative traits
- using them retards flow
- personal vision avoids them if possible

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 #### Opportunities
 - possibilities today's world offers to you
 - using them supports flow
 - personal vision builds on them
 
 Only a few will be used. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
 
 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
- 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
- life-long programming experience, love building useful solutions
- attention to detail, carefulness, looking for perfection; love creating nice and clean software
- persevering problem solver; like to explore and solve mysteries in tech
- open-minded and attentive listener

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#### Weaknesses
- introverted, social interactions are taxing
- lacking in open confrontation, group arguments
- cautious in opinions, not an 'influencer'

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#### Opportunities
- switch jobs for
    - better fitting role - SW developer?
    - higher pay
    - different tech stack
- contribute to an open source project
- use college degree (distributed systems)
- build specific expertise, get exposure
- share knowledge through talks and blog
- contribute to the state-of-the-art

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#### Threats
- changed role: boring / stressful / annoying
- changed job:
    - low pay / annoying co-workers / toxic&nbsp;workplace / long commute
    - having to use Windows
- more exposure - personal attacks

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#### My Observations
- my SWOT felt misaligned with the current career (people management)<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- Threats already applied to the current situation<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

Change was desirable and not even that risky.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

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#### Step 2:
### Personal Achievements
- things that brought you joy / you are proud of
- provides specific evidence of your strengths
- helps to gain confidence and think positively

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### My Achievements

- 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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#### My Observations
- Nice! I did some cool things!<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- Very little of it was connected to people&nbsp;management<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

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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
- creating legacy
- building relationships
- with deeper meaning

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#### Growth : Legacy : Relationships : Meaning

An activity should ideally fit into multiple categories.

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### My Activities
- 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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### My Activities Grouped
- collaborative software development (direct)
- exchange of experience (learning & teaching)
- research, experiments, investigation

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#### Step 4:
### Beta-Vision
Finding a personal vision takes effort and time.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

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Finding a beta version is easier<br />so you won't procrastinate to start!<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

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#### Answer these...

1. Favorite quote/idea that resonates?
2. Life values?
3. Fulfilling activities?
4. Meaningful activities?

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### My Beta-Vision

- coding useful software on a daily basis, publicly
- learning from others and sharing my knowledge

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#### Step 5:
### Final Personal Vision

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

WIP

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### Act Now!

*How can you incorporate your vision in the daily life?*

Starting small is fine, as long as you start!

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### My First Steps

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    - **Kotlin** Koans
    - **Go** by Example
    - Learn **Go** with Tests
    - Personal **React** project
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### My Findings

- starting small & early was great:<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
    - for "prototyping" the vision<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
    - to experiment stress-free<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
    - to avoid overthinking it<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
    - to figure out if I need to scale it out<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- I regularly experienced flow, improved my mood, raised my skills and really enjoyed doing it.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- having a vision is one thing, but acting on it is also essential<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->