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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
Carrot and stick; someone else sets our path.
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- activity feels meaningless <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- makes it easier to procrastinate <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- long-term: numbs our self-motivation <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Internal motivation
We have our own target and we follow it.
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- 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
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We want to achieve something in the future.
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1. long displeasure from not reaching the goal<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
2. short rush of joy from reaching the goal<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- that quickly evaporates<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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**Pros:** it works!
**Cons:** 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>
> Humans quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative events.
The reward for finishing a major goal<br />is not worth a long struggle to get there.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Journey-based motivation
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Joy is found in doing an activity, not finishing it.
* "Happiness now", not just at the end. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
* Unlocks flow, <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
* flow brings contentment and mastery, <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
* 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...<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
* is challenging<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
* makes use of our strengths<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
* matches our skills<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
* is enjoyable.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
We tend to lose our sense of time.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Meaning
When your actions have positive impact on others,<br />
there is deeper meaning in your work.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
Supporting the greater good feels rewarding.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
Meaning creates strong foundations for a lasting motivation. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Going beyond an individual
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- helping others<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- being part of something greater<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- leaving a lasting legacy<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### Group vision
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Cooperation of individual visions <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
helps the growth of one's potential <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
and boosts the entire group. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
> The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
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### TOOL: Personal Vision
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What is the direction of your journey?
What gets out of bed in the morning?
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#### How to build a Personal Vision?
1. Personal SWOT analysis
2. List your Achievements
3. Analyze motivating activities
4. Define a Beta-Vision
5. Final Personal Vision
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#### Step 1:
### Personal SWOT
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<div><h4>S</h4>Strengths</div>
<div><h4>W</h4>Weaknesses</div>
<div><h4>O</h4>Opportunities</div>
<div><h4>T</h4>Threats</div>
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Time to reflect on yourself!
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#### Strengths
- skills, traits and qualities you have
- using them supports flow
- personal vision makes use of these as much as possible
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#### Weaknesses
- qualities you lack; limitations and negative traits
- using them retards flow
- personal vision avoids them if possible
These can be improved, but don't devote too much time to it. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Opportunities
- possibilities today's world offers to you
- using them supports flow
- personal vision builds on them
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- to gain focus, clarity and mastery, <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- to avoid decision paralysis or regrets. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Threats
- risks, possible negative impacts or scenarios
- take them into account
- recognize them and be prepared
- awareness helps with facing a potential fear
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### My SWOT
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#### Strengths
- life-long programming experience, love building useful solutions
- attention to detail, carefulness, looking for perfection; love creating nice and clean software
- persevering problem solver; like to explore and solve mysteries in tech
- open-minded and attentive listener
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#### Weaknesses
- introverted, social interactions are taxing
- lacking in open confrontation, group arguments
- cautious in opinions, not an 'influencer'
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#### Opportunities
- switch jobs for
- better fitting role - SW developer?
- higher pay
- different tech stack
- contribute to an open source project
- use college degree (distributed systems)
- build specific expertise, get exposure
- share knowledge through talks and blog
- contribute to the state-of-the-art
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#### Threats
- changed role: boring / stressful / annoying
- changed job:
- low pay / annoying co-workers / toxic&nbsp;workplace / long commute
- having to use Windows
- more exposure - personal attacks
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#### My Observations
- my SWOT felt misaligned with the current career (people management)<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- Threats already applied to the current situation<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
Change was desirable and not even that risky.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Step 2:
### Personal Achievements
- things that brought you joy / you are proud of
- provides specific evidence of your strengths
- helps to gain confidence and think positively
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### My Achievements
- finished college with a cool master's thesis
- became a dev team leader
- self-hosting the services I use via VPS
- extracted ERP legacy tax functionality via a strategy pattern
- built and coded a split keyboard
- learned to type using the Workman layout
- ...
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#### My Observations
- Nice! I did some cool things!<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- Very little of it was connected to people&nbsp;management<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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#### Step 3:
### Analyzing motivating activities
Find out what drives you; strengthen your vision.
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Categories of activities:
- bringing personal growth
- creating legacy
- building relationships
- with deeper meaning
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#### Growth : Legacy : Relationships : Meaning
An activity should ideally fit into multiple categories.
Goal: find groups of activities that support each other.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### My Activities
- writing readable code, testing, refactoring
- exploring new technologies and approaches
- contributing to open source projects
- learning through books and conferences
- knowledge sharing through blog, mentoring, talks
- working with colleagues - reviews, discussions
- research of innovative solutions
- solving problems, making software more useful
...
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### My Activities Grouped
- collaborative software development (direct)
- exchange of experience (learning & teaching)
- research, experiments, investigation
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#### Step 4:
### Beta-Vision
Finding a personal vision takes effort and time.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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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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#### Answer these...
1. Favorite quote/idea that resonates?
2. Life values?
3. Fulfilling activities?
4. Meaningful activities?
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### My Beta-Vision
- coding useful software on a daily basis, publicly
- learning from others and sharing my knowledge
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#### Step 5:
### Final Personal Vision
A few paragraphs of what you want to be doing,
taking into account the analysis from the previous steps.
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### My Final Vision
WIP
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### Act Now!
*How can you incorporate your vision in the daily life?*
Starting small is fine, as long as you start!
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### My First Steps
1. Coding refresher:<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- **Kotlin** Koans
- **Go** by Example
- Learn **Go** with Tests
- Personal **React** project
2. Fixing defects in the Android apps that I use (in Kotlin). <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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### My Findings
- starting small & early was great:<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- for "prototyping" the vision<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- to experiment stress-free<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- to avoid overthinking it<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- to figure out if I need to scale it out<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- I regularly experienced flow, improved my mood, raised my skills and really enjoyed doing it.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- having a vision is one thing, but acting on it is also essential<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->