Re:Extrinsic and intrinsic motivation
by matwood on Sunday July 08, 2018 @12:33PM
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I think linking it to wanting can be problematic when people are trying to start. I get up every single day at 6am and go straight to the gym. To say I want to do this makes it sound like I have some insight, I'm crazy or I'm a 'morning' person. None of those are true. The alarm goes off, and I get up. There is no want or motivation in that moment, it is only discipline.
I do it because working out every day improves my physical and mental health. My cognition is better. Starting each day off doing something I don't really want to do (getting up early), sets the tone of the day to one of getting the things done that need to get done.
> You have to learn how to connect the desire for some end state (getting the project completed, getting a faster mile time, etc) with the present.
IME, this is useful when deciding you want to make a change, but not something that is front and center when the alarm goes off early in the morning ;)
I do it because working out every day improves my physical and mental health. My cognition is better. Starting each day off doing something I don't really want to do (getting up early), sets the tone of the day to one of getting the things done that need to get done.
> You have to learn how to connect the desire for some end state (getting the project completed, getting a faster mile time, etc) with the present.
IME, this is useful when deciding you want to make a change, but not something that is front and center when the alarm goes off early in the morning ;)