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What you do for a living is much less important than how you do it.
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motivation
The most successful and happiest artists embrace their art, they don't look for someone to applaud them. Great bosses and world-class organizations hire motivated people, set high expectations, and give their people room to become remarkable.
page: 168
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art
motivation
Poets who try to get paid end up writing jingles and failing and hating it at the same time.
page: 227
tags:
motivation
extrinsic
Surprise makes us want to find an answer--to resolve the question of why we are surprised, why our schemas failed--and big surprises call for big answers. If we want to motivate people to pay attention, we should seize the power of big surprises.
page: 69
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surprise
motivation
Seeking 'relaxing fun', such as watching TV, is our way of balancing the negative stress we encounter. But most often, this relaxing fun moves us too far in the other direction, to slight depression, making us less motivated, less engaged, and less confident overall.
page: 32
tags:
confidence
engagement
motivation
stress
There's nothing wrong with having interesting problems to solve, but it doesn't necessarily lead to satisfaction. In the absence of actionable steps, our motivation to solve a problem might not be enough to make real progress. Well-designed work, on the other hand, leaves no doubt that progress will be made.
page: 56
tags:
problems
satisfaction
motivation
work
When we have no clear way to make productive progress, our neurological systems default to a state of low energy and motivation.
page: 70
tags:
progress
motivation
Having systematic positive feedback based on your behavior will help keep you motivated.
page: 162
tags:
feedback
motivation
By turning a real problem into a voluntary obstacle, we can activate more genuine interest, curiosity, motivation, effort, and optimism than we can otherwise. We can change our real-life behaviors in the context of a fictional game precisely because there isn't any negative pressure surrounding the decision to change.
page: 311
tags:
motivation
effort
optimism
change
obstacles