Marissa Garza
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Marissa Garza
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Productivity Hacks Are Making You Worse
youtube.comAbout 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.
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
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