2019-09-11Motivation System Improvement Proposal

2019-09-11 - motivating system

• There was a vague sense that focusing on “willingness (e.g., to do something)” might be a mistake.
• A little more verbalization today.
• People who are in a situation where they have fixed “things to do” and are not “motivated” to do them.
  • “How do I get motivated?” implicitly affirms the fixation on “doing.”
  • But I’m not sure that fixation on “doing” is correct.
  • Unless it’s something that would kill you if you didn’t do it, the thought that you “should” do it is wrong in itself.
  • ‘I have to do it because it’s my job’ - implicitly ignores the option of quitting the job.
  • Is it really a “must do”?
  • Wouldn’t it be appropriate to ignore the observed fact that “I don’t feel like doing it?”
  • Keep doing what you truly find [interesting
  • If it’s not fun, if it’s not motivating, then don’t do it.
    • KJ method for “interesting” related to
  • Need a system to collect what motivates you and what does not motivate you in order to encourage verbalization of what you find interesting

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