Next trimming iteration: motivation, discipline, objectivity, outcomes.

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## Discipline
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#### Baby Elephant Syndrome <!-- .element: class="text-over-image" -->
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<!-- .slide: data-background="slides/baby_elephant.jpg" data-background-opacity="0.3" data-background-size="contain" -->
Young elephant gets tied to a tree by a thin rope which it can't break.
As an adult, it is constrained by the same thin rope and it doesn't break free.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
Because it learned it is no use to even try.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
---
<!-- .slide: data-background-color="#542" data-background="slides/daily_heroism.jpg" data-background-size="contain" data-background-opacity="0.5" -->
### TOOL: Daily Heroism <!-- .element: class="text-over-image" -->

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### Ego depletion
#### Rider is tired
- making decisions (big or small) is tiring
- we have limited operational capacity
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### Emotional aversion
#### Elephant is scared
- some activities appear daunting right away:
- demanding lots of effort
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#### Growing the capacity
### Growing the capacity
It is possible to increase our operational capacity
- by building positive habits
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### My thoughts
- useful mental model
- explains why my rationality doesn't always win<br>
- explains why my rationality doesn't always win<br>and that it is normal
- enables to account for it and work with it
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#### Why?
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- helps keeping our elephant in line:<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- keeping our elephant in line:<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- easier on our operational capacity: less need for making decisions; it is already decided
- less forgetting or avoiding the activity
- practice makes perfect, repetition brings efficiency<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### My Tracking:
#### My Tracking:
### Gym sessions
- A4 sheet per week, daily tracking<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- table of exercises + time and effort<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

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<!-- .slide: data-background-image="slides/journey_based_motivation.jpg" data-background-size="contain" data-background-opacity="0.2" -->
Joy is found in doing an activity, not finishing it.
* We enjoy the activity itself. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
* Unlocks the state of flow
* We enjoy the activity itself <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
* Unlocks the state of flow <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- get exposure through knowledge sharing (talks)
- ...
I'll never be ruthless entrepreneur, but that's ok. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Threats

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### My reality check
- quick & slow research<!-- .element: class="fragment " -->
- quick: internet checks of current facts and opinions, both for and against<!-- .element: class="fragment " -->
- slow: reading of books<!-- .element: class="fragment " -->
- exchanging feedback with colleagues<!-- .element: class="fragment " -->
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##### New hobby:
#### Monthly interview<!-- .element: class="fragment " -->
- assess your skills and relevancy<!-- .element: class="fragment " -->
### My new hobby:
#### Monthly job interview<!-- .element: class="fragment " -->
- assess my skills and relevancy<!-- .element: class="fragment " -->
- learn what others are doing<!-- .element: class="fragment " -->
- confirm your company is the best<!-- .element: class="fragment " -->
- confirm my company is the best<!-- .element: class="fragment " -->

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<!-- .slide: data-background="slides/outcomes.jpg" data-background-size="contain" data-background-opacity="0.1" -->
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Flow brings outcomes and they keep us going:
They're great.
- emotional outcomes - it makes us happy
- material outcomes - fruits of our labour
How to keep them coming?
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Flow brings outcomes:
- emotional - it makes us happy
- material - fruits of our labour
Outcomes are what we're after.
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### But sometimes...
we get derailed by bad mood
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more than positivity.
<br>
Negativity and pessimism reinforce themselves.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- when put in a box with a lid, it will try to jump out
- and after a day or two it will give up and never try again<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- even once the lid is removed <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- ...even once the lid is removed <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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<!-- .slide: data-background="slides/hamster_in_box.jpg" data-background-size="contain" data-background-opacity="0.6" -->
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#### Baby Elephant Syndrome <!-- .element: class="text-over-image" -->
<!-- .slide: data-background="slides/baby_elephant.jpg" data-background-opacity="0.8" data-background-size="contain" -->
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<!-- .slide: data-background="slides/baby_elephant.jpg" data-background-opacity="0.3" data-background-size="contain" -->
Young elephant gets tied to a tree by a thin rope which it can't break.
As an adult, it is constrained by the same thin rope and it doesn't break free.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
Because it learned it is no use to even try.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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<!-- .slide: data-background="slides/baby_elephant.jpg" data-background-opacity="0.1" data-background-size="contain" -->
<!-- .slide: data-background="slides/hamster_in_box.jpg" data-background-size="contain" data-background-opacity="0.4" -->
#### Learned helplessness<!-- .element: class="text-over-image" -->
[Martin Seligman] <!-- .element: class="reference-author" -->
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Choice of attitude <!-- .element: class="fragment fade-left" -->
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---
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as **neutral** or even **positive**.
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Event → 😟/😐/😀
<div class="flex-container">
<div style="width: 50%" class="fragment">