## Outcomes

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Daily meaningful activities

using skills you already have

gets you into flow.

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Flow frequently brings **outcomes**:

- emotional outcomes (makes us happy)
- material outcomes (fruits of our labour)

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Outcomes keep us going.

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### But sometimes...

we get derailed by bad mood 

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and lose our flow.

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Negativity captures our attention

more than positivity.

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#### So we stay down

due to the negative feedback loop:

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We need **emotional stability** to keep us going.

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### Negativity hinders progress

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#### Hamster in a box
...

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#### Learned helplessness
[Martin Seligman]

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#### Baby Elephant Syndrome
...

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#### Hamster Procrastination Cycle

1. Do nothing
2. Have regrets
3. Doubt yourself
4. Feel helpless
5. GOTO 1

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#### Learned optimism
- by Martin Seligman

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### My Journey