This is Important: Motivation and Flow State

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Main lessons:

  • from a different video, the best source of motivation are values. These are constant regardless of impulse or emotion. If things need to be done because they serve a higher purpose, outside myself, then they will get done regardless of how I feel, up to a certain threshold.
  • too boring of a task will lead the mind to wander. Too boring? Add constraints or pressures to make it more engaging.
  • too overwhelming of a task will lead the mind to wander. Stressed about a task? Isolate the emotion that is looking to manifest. Feel it, but don't follow it. Breathe out. Calm down.
  • Ego gets in the way. More often than not, this will be comparison. I will be comparing myself to people who inspired me in the past, or challenge me in the present. This will be breaking my concentration, because I need to get out of myself to get the job done.
  • Fixed Point Gazing is a technique that can help. I have used gazing before to calm me down and get me in the mood. Usually by focusing at a distant object. I have done so naturally. Now I know I can induce it to get me in the right headspace faster. I can experiment with a fixed point without blinking, in order to see if I can maintain focus for longer.

 

This is really good. I am finalling feeling like I can see the framework of my problem with staying focused and engaged at work.