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411 lines
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## Motivation <!-- .element: class="text-over-image" -->
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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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- activity feels meaningless <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- makes it easier to procrastinate <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- long-term: numbs our self-motivation <!-- .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" -->
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- brings good mood <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- engages creativity and learning <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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---
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### Goal-based motivation
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We want to achieve something in the future.
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Two phases:<!-- .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 from reaching the goal<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- that quickly evaporates<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Pros:
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It works!
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#### Cons:
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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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### 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<br />is not worth a long struggle to get there.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### My past goals
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> I'll build a cool website for generating artwork and sell the art and the code!
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- I built the website! <!-- .element: class="fragment" data-fragment-index="1" -->
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- I enjoyed this part. <!-- .element: class="fragment" data-fragment-index="3" -->
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- I never went through with any selling. <!-- .element: class="fragment" data-fragment-index="2" -->
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- I didn't like this part. <!-- .element: class="fragment" data-fragment-index="4" -->
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---
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### Journey-based motivation
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Joy is found in doing an activity, not finishing it.
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* We enjoy the activity itself. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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* "Happiness now", not just at the end. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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* Unlocks a state of deep concentration known as flow. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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* Practicing flow brings contentment and mastery, <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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* that in turn brings results. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Flow
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State of deep immersion in an activity that...
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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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and it feels good.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### You know the feeling
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of staying up late
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trying to recompile the code just one last time<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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with the help of this random person's forum post<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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hoping the app will finally start working.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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**Right?**<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Personal vision
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How we'd like to spend our limited time.
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- activities we'd like to be doing<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- milestones we'd like to pass<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- journey-based internal motivation<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Meaning
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We like working on **meaningful** things:
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- supporting the greater good,<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- helping others,<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- being part of something bigger,<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- creating a lasting legacy.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Group vision
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Cooperation of individual visions.
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- working together helps the group <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- it also boosts one's own potential <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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> The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
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### Meaning for me
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Fan of free and open source software:
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- I use it daily:<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- OS & apps
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- fixes & features
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- documentation, tips, help
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- I contribute back:<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- releasing code, fixes
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- sponsoring useful projects and individuals
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**Everyone benefits.**<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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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?<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### How to build a Personal Vision?
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1. Personal SWOT analysis<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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2. List your Achievements<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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3. Analyze motivating activities<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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4. Define a Beta-Vision<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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5. Final Personal Vision<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Step 1:
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### Personal SWOT
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<div class="flex-container flex-wrap flex-table flex-table-2">
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<div><h4>S</h4>Strengths</div>
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<div><h4>W</h4>Weaknesses</div>
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<div><h4>O</h4>Opportunities</div>
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<div><h4>T</h4>Threats</div>
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</div>
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#### Strengths
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- skills, traits and qualities you have
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- using them supports flow
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- personal vision makes use of these as much as possible
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#### Weaknesses
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- qualities you lack; limitations and negative traits
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- using them retards flow
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- 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
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- possibilities today's world offers to you
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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. <!-- .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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#### Threats
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- risks, possible negative impacts or scenarios
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- take them into account
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- recognize them and be prepared
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- awareness helps with facing a potential fear
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### My SWOT
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#### Strengths
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- life-long programming experience
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- perfectionist who loves creating nice and clean software
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- persevering problem solver, especially with mysteries in tech
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- open-minded and attentive listener
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#### Weaknesses
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- introverted, social interactions are taxing
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- cautious in opinions
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I spent way too much time fighting my social skills.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Opportunities
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- switch jobs for...
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- better fitting role (SW developer)
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- higher pay
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- different tech stack
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- getting back to distributed systems
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- contribute to an open source project
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- build specific expertise on one topic
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- get more exposure, share knowledge through talks and blog
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- ...
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#### Threats
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- changed role or job
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- boring / stressful / annoying
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- annoying co-workers / toxic workplace
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- lower pay / long commute
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- having to use Windows
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- more exposure leading to personal attacks
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#### My Observations
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- my SWOT felt misaligned with the current career (coding vs. people management)<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- Threats already applied to the current situation<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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Change was apparently needed + low risk.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Step 2:
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### Personal Achievements
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- things that brought you joy / you are proud of<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- provides specific evidence of your strengths<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- helps to gain confidence and think positively<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### My Achievements
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- finished college, wrote a cool master's thesis
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- became a team leader
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- self-hosting my services via VPS
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- extracted ERP legacy tax functionality via a strategy pattern
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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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### Analyzing motivating activities
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Find out what drives you; strengthen your vision.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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<div class="fragment">
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Categories of activities:
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- bringing personal growth
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- creating legacy
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- building relationships
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- with deeper meaning
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</div>
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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
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- writing readable code, testing, refactoring
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- exploring new technologies and approaches
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- contributing to open source projects
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- learning through books and conferences
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- knowledge sharing through blog, mentoring, talks
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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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#### Step 4:
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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<br />so 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, publicly
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- learning from others and sharing my knowledge
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#### Step 5:
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### Final Personal Vision
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<p>
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A few paragraphs of what you want to be doing.
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### Act Now!
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*How can you incorporate your vision in the daily life?*<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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Starting small is fine, as long as you start!<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### My First Steps
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1. 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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### My Findings
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- starting small & early was great:<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- for "prototyping" the vision<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- to experiment stress-free<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- to avoid overthinking it<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- to figure out if I need to scale it out<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- I regularly experienced flow, improved my mood, raised my skills and really enjoyed doing it.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- having a vision for your life is nice, but acting on it is essential<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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