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Tentative definition of “willingness (e.g. to do something)” by [Tomoya Tachikawa
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Emotions that you feel when you are acting in a direction that you find interesting” # Relationship between motivation and fun
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In other words, instead of thinking, “I’m not motivated, so how can I motivate myself?” we should think, “It’s not interesting, so how can I make it interesting?
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When you think, “I’m not motivated, so how can I motivate myself?”
- Motivation is my (human) attribute
- Trying to change human attributes.
- What we do is fixed.
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When you think, “It’s not interesting, so how can I make it interesting?”
- Interest is an attribute of “doing
- I’m not trying to change myself.
- Trying to change the attributes of “doing.”
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It’s easier to do “change a task into something interesting” than “motivate yourself.”
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It is difficult to change one’s emotional “motivation”.
- It’s the same root that makes it difficult to deal critically with one’s own ideas.
- It’s related to the fact that it’s easier to think critically about your thoughts when you put them on paper rather than just in your head.
- Related: Objectification of the mind.
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