Expanded Motivation - personal experience
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## Motivation <!-- .element: class="text-over-image" -->
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- numbs our self-motivation <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- feels meaningless <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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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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---
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We want to achieve something in the future.
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- Pros: it works! <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- Cons: it causes us damage; not sustainable <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- long struggle, followed by a short rush of joy that quickly evaporates <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- requires more and more demanding goals <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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1. long displeasure from not reaching the goal<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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2. short rush of joy that quickly evaporates <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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-V-
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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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-V-
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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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The reward for finishing a major goal<br />is not worth a long struggle to get there.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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-V-
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### Journey-based motivation
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Enjoy the ride, the destination is secondary.
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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" -->
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- unlocks flow <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- flow brings contentment and mastery <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- ...which in turn brings results <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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"Happiness now", not just at the end. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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Unlocks flow, <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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flow brings contentment and mastery, <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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that in turn brings results. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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---
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### Flow
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State of deep immersion in an activity that...<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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* is challenging<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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* makes use of our strengths<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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* matches our skills<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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* is enjoyable.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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We tend to lose our sense of time.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- using them supports flow
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- 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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Only a few will be used. <!-- .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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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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-V-
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-V-
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#### Strengths
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- attention to detail, carefulness, looking for perfection
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- enjoy exploring and learning new technologies
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- like to solve problems and mysteries in tech
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- life-long programming experience
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- life-long programming experience, love building useful solutions
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- attention to detail, carefulness, looking for perfection; love creating nice and clean software
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- persevering problem solver; like to explore and solve mysteries in tech
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- open-minded and attentive listener
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-V-
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#### Weaknesses
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- lacking in open confrontation, group arguments
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- introverted, social interactions are taxing
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- lacking in open confrontation, group arguments
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- cautious in opinions, not an 'influencer'
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#### Threats
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- changed role: boring / stressful / annoying
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- changed job:
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- low pay / annoying co-workers / toxic workplace / long commute
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- low pay / annoying co-workers / toxic workplace / long commute
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- having to use Windows
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-V-
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#### My Observations
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- my SWOT felt misaligned with the career of people management<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- Threats applied to the current situation as well<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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Change was desirable and not even that risky.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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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
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- things that brought you joy / you are proud of
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- provides specific evidence of your strengths
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- helps to gain confidence and think positively
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- learned to type using the Workman layout
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- ...
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#### My Observations
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- Nice! I did some cool things!<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- Very little of it was connected to people management<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Step 3:
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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
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- exploring new technologies and approaches
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- working with colleagues - reviews, discussions
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- research of innovative solutions
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- solving problems, making software more useful
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...
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### My Activities Grouped
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- collaborative software development (direct)
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- exchange of experience (learning & teaching)
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- research, experiments, investigation
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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<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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and you won't procrastinate before finding it!<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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and you won't procrastinate to start!<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### My Beta-Vision
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- coding useful software on a daily basis
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- continually learning from others
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- sharing my knowledge with others
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- sharing code publicly
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- coding useful software on a daily basis, publicly
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- learning from others and sharing my knowledge
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### My Final Vision
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I'm still iterating.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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WIP
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### Act Now!
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> How can I incorporate my vision in my daily life?
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*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 Start
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### My First Steps
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I started fixing defects in Android apps I use.
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1. Daily coding refresher:<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- **Kotlin** Koans
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- **Go** by Example
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- Learn **Go** with Tests
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- Personal **React** project
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2. Fixing defects in the Android apps that I use (in Kotlin). <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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It covers:
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- coding useful software
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### My Findings
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This covered:
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- coding useful software publicly
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- learning from others
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- sharing code publicly
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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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Gain **positive results**
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to keep you going.
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and keep on going.
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