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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" -->
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- makes it easier to procrastinate <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- long-term: numbs our self-motivation <!-- .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.
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Two phases:<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
1. long displeasure from not reaching the goal<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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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!
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**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.
The reward for finishing a major goal<br />is not worth a long struggle to get there.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Journey-based motivation
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Joy is found in doing an activity, not finishing it.
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* "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
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
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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" -->
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Meaning creates strong foundations for a lasting motivation. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Going beyond an individual
- helping others
- being part of something greater
- leaving a lasting legacy
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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" -->
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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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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?
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1. Personal SWOT analysis
2. List your Achievements
3. Analyze motivating activities
4. Define a Beta-Vision
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5. Final Personal Vision
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#### Step 1:
### Personal SWOT
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<div class="flex-container flex-wrap flex-table flex-table-2">
<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
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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
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- possibilities today's world offers to you
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- using them supports flow
- personal vision builds on them
Only a few will be used. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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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
- 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
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- cautious in opinions, not an 'influencer'
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#### Opportunities
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- 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
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- share knowledge through talks and blog
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- contribute to the state-of-the-art
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#### Threats
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- changed role: boring / stressful / annoying
- changed job:
- low pay / annoying co-workers / toxic&nbsp;workplace / long commute
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- having to use Windows
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- more exposure - personal attacks
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#### My Observations
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- 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:
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### Personal Achievements
- things that brought you joy / you are proud of
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- 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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#### 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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<div class="fragment">
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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### My Activities Grouped
- collaborative software development (direct)
- exchange of experience (learning & teaching)
- research, experiments, investigation
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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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<br/>
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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...
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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
- coding useful software on a daily basis, publicly
- learning from others and sharing my knowledge
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#### Step 5:
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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
WIP
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### Act Now!
*How can you incorporate your vision in the daily life?*
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Starting small is fine, as long as you start!
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### My First Steps
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1. Daily coding refresher:<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- **Kotlin** Koans
- **Go** by Example
- Learn **Go** with Tests
- Personal **React** project
2. Fixing defects in the Android apps that I use (in Kotlin). <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### My Findings
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This covered:
- coding useful software publicly
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- learning from others
i.e. my personal vision.
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I regularly experienced flow, improved my skills and really enjoyed doing it.
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