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- Why do we do the things we do?
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- ### External motivation
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- 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.
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- - 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>
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- > 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
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- (not about sexual arousal)
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- 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.
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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" -->
- - ...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" -->
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- adding strong foundations for a lasting motivation. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- #### Going beyond an individual
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- - 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" -->
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- 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?
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- What gets out of bed in the morning?
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- #### How to build a Personal Vision?
- 1. SWOT analysis
- 2. Achievements
- 3. Analyzing motivating activities
- 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
- - qualities you lack; limitations and negative traits
- - using them retards flow
- - personal vision avoids them if possible
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- 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
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- Only a few will be used. The rest needs to be rejected and banished <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- to gain focus, clarity and mastery <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- 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
- - 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
- - 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
- - 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:
- ### Personal Achievements
- - 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
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- 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
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- 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
- - 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:
- ### Beta-Vision
- 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?
- 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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- #### Step 5:
- ### Final Personal Vision
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- A few paragraphs of what you want to be doing,
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- 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
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