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## Outcomes
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Daily meaningful activities
using skills you already have
gets you into flow.
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Flow frequently brings **outcomes**:
- emotional outcomes (makes us happy)
- material outcomes (fruits of our labour)
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Outcomes keep us going.
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### But sometimes...
we get derailed by bad mood
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- due to our own failing <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
- by recalling a negative past <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
and lose our flow.
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Negativity captures our attention
more than positivity.
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#### So we stay down
due to the negative feedback loop:
Negativity and pessimism reinforce themselves.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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We need **emotional stability** to keep us going.
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### Negativity hinders progress
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#### Hamster in a box
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#### Learned helplessness
[Martin Seligman]
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#### Baby Elephant Syndrome
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#### Hamster Procrastination Cycle
1. Do nothing
2. Have regrets
3. Doubt yourself
4. Feel helpless
5. GOTO 1
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#### Learned optimism
- by Martin Seligman
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### My Journey