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 ## Motivation
+<!-- .slide: data-background-color="#033" -->
 
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@@ -6,25 +7,36 @@ Why do we do the things we do?
 
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-### External
-- carrot and stick
-- hard to self-motivate without it
-- often seem meaningless
-- increases procrastination
+### External motivation
+
+Carrot and stick; someone else sets our path.
+<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
+
+- 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
-- more rewarding
-- engages creativity and learning
-- brings good mood
+### Internal motivation
+
+We follow our own target.
+<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
+
+- 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
-- good: it works!
-- bad: damaging; not sustainable
-- long struggle followed by a short rush of joy that comes crashing down
+
+We want to achieve something in the future. 
+
+- 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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