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2015 Motivation System Memo

Apr 07, 20187 min read

Summarize notes on Motivational Advice circa 2015

  • 2017 Motivation System Renewal for.

  • demotic (everyday form of modern Greek) (de-motivated) as a simple way to describe “a state of impaired motivation.”

  • “Is it likely to be completed in four hours?” should have the option of “I don’t know” to (2015-07-09)

    • Demotivation due to lack of estimation

  • 2015-07-19

    • Chrome extension, instead of blocking the screen, why not replace Ads like Facebook, Twitter, etc.
      • I personally started using Facebook messages to communicate in a business-like manner, and since I turned off the extension
      • We need to solve the problem of judging people as demotivated just because they are on Facebook when they are not demotivated.
    • Is it good to have someone to interact with?
      • What would you like to be able to do?”
      • First, build a prototype that runs locally, not as a web service.
    • The source code is on bitbucket.

  • I have an idea, but I haven’t had the time to make any progress.

  • 2015-07-30

    • Wife’s advice
      • Vigorous physical activity
      • change one’s environment
      • Take a walk.
    • Do you know what you’re going to do?”
      • Cases where you have decided what you were going to do but you are not motivated to do it.
      • Cases that are struggling with whether they should do what they were going to do or change their policy Need assistance in deciding on a policy
    • One?”
      • Cases where neither Yes nor No is possible
    • ‘Is there another way to get a similar effect?’
      • Cases where the expected “effect” is ambiguous.
        • “What do you hope will happen by doing that task?” should be asked
      • Cases where there is another method that “might” work, but we are not confident that it will work.
        • It is not a “task that will definitely produce results if you do it,” so of course it is.
        • I don’t think we can do it.” →Why? →Because we have made a major policy change” → so what? Is that a fact or an interpretation?
          • If true, “give up” or “another way.”
            • Either way, “it’s impossible to complete it by the deadline,” or “maybe we’ll get lucky and come up with another way to complete it.”
            • Maybe we should move from “how to do it by the deadline” to “can we move the deadline or negotiate to change what we’re going to do?
            • This advice is not being given right now, but it would be kind to give it. It’s easy to get narrow-minded.
          • If it’s interpretation and not fact, you have to try.

  • I need motivation.

    • Nothing to do? →No, I’m doing everything else.
    • What’s important? →X
    • Could it be done in 4 hours?
      • Before asking this question, perhaps we should be concerned about whether there is a Definition of completion in the first place?

  • Sleepy and unmotivated

    • Are you sleepy because you are physically sleep deprived, etc., or are you sleepy because you are bored with what you are trying to do now?
      • Move your body, do something completely different,

  • I spend my time doing unproductive and depressing things. - sunk cost

    • I can’t help but think about the time I spent.
    • The use of that time was beneficial, I was able to rest, I had time to think about what I needed to do.

  • 2015-09-09

    • Task selection consulting
      • Do tasks with fixed deadlines in the order of nearest deadline.
      • This means that the Big Tasks with no deadline will never get started.
        • A bit like [trade-offs between use and exploration
      • If the nearest deadline is far enough away, you should try doing a few non-deadline tasks
        • What is enough: Estimated and safe area.
      • A little bit of work will tell you how much longer it will take.
      • I don’t know what to do with the first one pomodoro.
        • Just make “thinking about what to do” the first pomodoro.
        • Thinking” is an ambiguous task
        • Create WBS ←This is too big a task
        • Perform a writing method to create a WBS
          • 5-minute write-out method
          • Deliverables, procedures, and schedules, divided by
    • The system’s “You can’t decide which is important?” is a judgmental output.
      • Can’t decide which one to start with?” Change it to? - [Should” is harmful.
      • It is difficult to estimate the damages of “let’s start with the ones that cause the most damage.”
        • Do you have a set deadline? ask
        • I’ll do them in the order of closest to the deadline.
      • Prioritize those that need to wait for others to work.
    • I don’t know what to do, so I’m holding off.” Holding off won’t change anything.
      • Doing something in Eyre.
      • Do not neglect to check the situation

  • 2015-11-24 Three-day seminar - Task Shoot Time Techniques Replace the frontal lobe.

    • Eliminate “should I do X first” kind of anxiety.

    • Give a rationale for “why it’s okay to do it then.”

      • Create a situation of “we have to do this now.”
      • Not with a TODO list, because there is no rationale for choosing X out of multiple tasks.
      • It could be in the form of doing what the motivation system chooses to do.
        • Zeigarnik Apo may also have this feature.
        • That’s exactly what this note does.
        • I made an appointment to read and summarize the notes I wrote in 2015.

    • Make sure you don’t have a destination to send it to when you think, “Oh no, I want to put it off.”

      • Do it now or don’t do the task in the first place.

    • Divided by principle time period

      • Clarify the “don’t do it now.”
      • Write down everything you “do” that takes more than 30 seconds.
        • You may find it hard to write all
        • About 140 things to write about all of them, and 20-30 things that change every day.
          • This seems to depend on the person and the type of task.
        • Once made, it takes about 7 minutes to rewrite the changing points and make a list for the next day.
          • This also varies from person to person, but it is a good idea to actually measure and figure out how long it will take.
          • The current situation is that we don’t have a grasp on it, we feel it’s Big Tasks and we’re not motivated to do it.
        • Q: How do I make this list?
          • keep a log
          • Average of three logged
          • Tasks that can’t be logged three times can’t even be estimated in the first place.
          • Estimate what you can estimate.

    • Tasks without deadlines are placed before tasks with deadlines.

    • If I’m not motivated to look at it when I can least afford it, I won’t do it.

    • Write what you are doing now

    • Interruptions are first written on paper.

      • Putting the reopening in the task ahead of time

    • estimate

      • Record start and end
      • Predicted, measured, and terminated

  • self-absorption

    • Glucose motivation is regained.
    • Believing it is inexhaustible makes it inexhaustible.

  • conditional plan

    • Taskshooting is a type of this.

  • Zeigarnik effect

    • It doesn’t happen when you plan for it.
      • Taskshooting is a type of this.

  • Teach others Positive incentives Increase intrinsic motivation

    • By remembering why you are doing what you are doing.

  • 2016-01-15 Productivity of the task of reading

    • skim
    • Read only part of it
    • Better than not reading either.
    • Negative if you feel obligated or in pain.
    • How to provide motivation
      • turning a movie, comic, etc. into a (computer) game

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