Motivation (MoC) - DeveloPassion

# Motivation (MoC) ## Notes   - [[A path is helpful, but having the confidence is crucial]] - [[Atomic tasks]] - [[Being an introvert is not a weakness]] - [[Celebrate your wins]] - [[Dopamine]] - [[Everything you need is already within you]] - [[Extrinsic motivation]] - [[Fill your life with what you like]] - [[Gamification]] - [[General human motivations]] - [[Gradually, then suddenly]] - [[How to build mental strength]] - [[Humility doesn't mean that we have to apologize for our work]] - [[Identify your key motivations. Write those down, and think about those regularly]] - [[Intrinsic motivation]] - [[Intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation]] - [[It's easy to see someone's success because of the survivorship bias]] - [[It's okay if you need to stop and start over]] - [[Lag between efforts and outcomes]] - [[Motivation comes as a result of doing something]] - [[Motivation comes through action]] - [[Motivation systems in living organisms]] - [[Rigid plans reduce motivation and kill creativity]] - [[Start before you are ready]] - [[The Gap vs The Gain]] - [[Variety in work is required, but it cannot come at the cost of depth]] - [[You are qualified to write]]  ## Quotes   - [[Awaken each day with the expectation that something wonderful is about to happen]] - [[Be the change you want to see]] - [[Change course, but don’t give up]] - [[Comfort is a slow death]] - [[Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong]] - [[Don't ruin a good today by thinking about a bad yesterday. Let it go]] - [[During difficult times, ask yourself. What do I have to do to make this one of the best things that has ever happened to me]] - [[Each step, no matter how small, counts]] - [[Either you run the day or the day runs you]] - [[Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive]] - [[If you have a strong purpose in life, you don't have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there]] - [[If you only walk on sunny days you'll never reach your destination]] - [[If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise don't even try]] - [[If your path is difficult it is because your purpose is bigger than you thought]] - [[Impostor syndrome is what happens when even I can't believe just how amazing I am]] - [[Intelligence is what you make of it]] - [[It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime. What better plan than here. What better time than now.]] - [[It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till]] - [[Just do it, because no one else will do it for you]] - [[Life does not wait for anyone. Your life is right now]] - [[Make the most of life you're living NOW]] - [[Mindset is everything. Once you believe you can achieve something, you most likely will]] - [[Momentum is motivating. You'll be surprised how far one small first step can get you]] - [[Most people can stay excited for two or three months. A few people can stay excited for two or three years. But a winner will stay excited for twenty or thirty years... Or as long as it takes to win]] - [[Most people don't really give up on their dreams. They see the price tag then decide it's too expensive]] - [[Only intrinsic motivation lasts]] - [[Only the mediocre are always at their best]] - [[Progress is the engine of motivation]] - [[Sickness is an impediment to the body but not to the will unless the will wants to be impeded]] - [[Small things add up]] - [[Start now]] - [[Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm]] - [[Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier. Wish you were better]] - [[Talent and potential mean nothing if you can’t consistently do things when you don’t feel like doing them]] - [[The 'trick' to motivating a team is to do nothing that de-motivates them. Stopping trying to lead them helps]] - [[The biggest concern for any organization should be when their most passionate people become quiet]] - [[The cost of failure is as close to zero as it's ever been in the history of the world]] - [[The entrepreneurs who end up succeeding are those who didn't give up. This doesn't mean they were stubborn. No, they adapted, they pivoted, they experimented. But they kept going]] - [[The future is gonna be exciting because I will be there]] - [[The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you]] - [[The only way to find out if it will work out, is to do it]] - [[The question isn't who is going to let me. It's who is going to stop me]] - [[There will always be reasons to do nothing and talk yourself out of moving forward in life]] - [[Think about the positives in your life as soon as you wake up. You may have a long day ahead, but positive thinking will set you straight]] - [[We are more than the sum of our intentions]] - [[When people are placed in positions slightly above what they except, they are apt to excel]] - [[Whenever you feel like things are not going the way you want them to. Think about the infinite number of small and negligible things that always go according to your plans, but that you are too busy to even notice]] - [[Whenever you find yourself thinking you're late to a new technological trend, remember that Walt Disney thought he was late to animation in 1923]] - [[Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right]] - [[Who is not being served by you playing small]] - [[Work 4 days a week for a while and start trying things out. Explore your creativity. Give that idea a try. Start that project. Make the first step. Taste freedom]] - [[You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather]] - [[You don't need permission to start writing]] - [[You only live once. You might as well be a badass]] - [[You owe it to the world to put your work out there]] - [[You were born to stand out, stop trying to fit in]] - [[Your motivation is the jet fuel for the journey of change]]