Expand Motivation

slides/motivation.md

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 ## Motivation
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-### External
+### External motivation
-- carrot and stick
+
-- hard to self-motivate without it
+Carrot and stick; someone else sets our path.
-- often seem meaningless
+<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
-- increases procrastination
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+- numbs our self-motivation <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
+- feels meaningless <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
+- makes it easier to procrastinate <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
 
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-### Internal
+### Internal motivation
-- more rewarding
+
-- engages creativity and learning
+We follow our own target.
-- brings good mood
+<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
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+- progress feels more rewarding <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
+- brings good mood <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
+- engages creativity and learning <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
 
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 ### Goal-based motivation
-- good: it works!
+
-- bad: damaging; not sustainable
+We want to achieve something in the future. 
-- long struggle followed by a short rush of joy that comes crashing down
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+- Pros: it works! <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
+- Cons: it causes us damage; not sustainable <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
+- long struggle, followed by a short rush of joy that quickly evaporates <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
+- requires more and more demanding goals <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->
 
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