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314 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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- numbs our self-motivation <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- feels meaningless <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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- makes it easier to procrastinate <!-- .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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### Goal-based motivation
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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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### 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 is not worth a long struggle to get there.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Arousal addiction
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(not about sexual arousal)
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Addiction to new, stronger stimuli <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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created by setting bigger and bigger goals. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Journey-based motivation
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Enjoy the ride, the destination is secondary.
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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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### Meaning
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Your actions may have positive impact on others, <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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adding strong foundations for a lasting motivation. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Group vision
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Cooperation of individual visions <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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helps the growth of our own potential <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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and boosts the entire group. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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> The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
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### TOOL: Personal Vision
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#### How to get one?
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1. SWOT analysis
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2. Achievements
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3. Analyzing motivating activities
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4. Beta-Vision
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5. Final Personal Vision
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#### Step 1:
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### Personal SWOT
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- S - Strengths
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- W - Weaknesses
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- O - Opportunities
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- T - Threats
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Time to reflect on yourself!
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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 us
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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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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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- 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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#### Weaknesses
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- lacking in open confrontation, group arguments
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- introverted, social interactions are taxing
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- cautious in opinions, not an 'influencer'
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#### Opportunities
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- contribute to open source development
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- use college degree on distributed systems
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- change jobs for
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- different role
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- better pay
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- more aligned tech stack
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- get exposure as an expert
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- contribute to the state-of-the-art
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- share knowledge through talks and blog
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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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- having to use Windows
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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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- provides specific evidence of your strengths
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- helps to gain confidence and think positively
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### My Achievements
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- finished college with a cool master's thesis
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- became a dev team leader
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- self-hosting the services I use via VPS
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- extracted ERP legacy tax functionality via a strategy pattern
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- built and coded a split keyboard
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- learned to type using the Workman layout
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- ...
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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.
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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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#### 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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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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#### Answer these...
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1. Favorite quote/idea that resonates?
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2. Life values?
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3. Fulfilling activities?
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4. Meaningful activities?
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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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### Final Personal Vision
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A few paragraphs of what you want to be doing,
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taking into account the analysis from the previous steps.
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### My Final Vision
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I'm still iterating.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Act Now!
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> How can I incorporate my vision in my 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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I started fixing defects in Android apps I use.
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It covers:
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- coding useful software
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- learning from others
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- sharing code publicly
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