Neurodiversity

About how to develop intrinsic motivation and external motivation cannot happen at the same time.

• Body cues are external motivation

• Dopamine reinforces the choices you make, save dopamine for intrinsic motivation

• RUBICON MODEL

  • Options

    • Create choices

    • When faced with two choices create 2 more

  • Anticipation

    • it’s not about if the anticipation is right or wrong

    • this has nothing to do with if you get the reward

  • Plan/Act

    • What are the ways to do this in the easiest way

    • It will be hard

    • You will feel negative emotions - what’s the point?

  • Reflect

    • Engage with internal motivation circuitry

    • Doesn’t matter what you reflect on, just that you reflect

• Locus of control - when something happens in your life what/who is responsible.