🧠 There is a hidden motivation switch in the brain that can unlock a powerful level of motivation.
⚡️ Extrinsic motivation, which comes from external rewards, is weaker than intrinsic motivation.
🚀 By focusing on intrinsic motivators like curiosity, mastery, purpose, and autonomy, you can upgrade your fuel source and achieve unstoppable levels of motivation.
🔥 Intrinsic motivation is crucial for maintaining drive and passion in work.
🔍 Curiosity fuels the desire to constantly learn and engage with work.
💪 The pursuit of mastery leads to continuous improvement and excellence.
🧠 Intrinsic motivators, such as curiosity, purpose, and autonomy, are crucial for driving performance and achieving a state of flow.
⚙️ High levels of intrinsic motivation release performance-enhancing neurochemicals and lower cognitive load, leading to improved focus and drive.
🔄🔥 A virtuous cycle exists between intrinsic motivation and flow, where increasing motivation leads to more flow and vice versa, resulting in unstoppable drive.
🔍 Curiosity: The brain's reward system is activated through curiosity, releasing dopamine and increasing attention and pleasure in learning.
🎯 Mastery: Constantly improving at what you do, acquiring new skills, and seeking greater challenges releases dopamine and endorphins, enhancing focus and engagement.
💖 Autotelicity: Blurring the line between work and play, pursuing activities that you love and find personally fulfilling triggers Flow State and intrinsic motivation.
🌍 Purpose: Connecting your work to a bigger cause or mission beyond yourself gives meaning and leads to greater persistence, activating oxytocin and serotonin.
🔑 Autonomy: Having a sense of ownership and the freedom to pursue your curiosities and make decisions in your work enhances engagement and motivation.
🧠 Our brains thrive when we have a say in our actions.
🔍 Identify your level of curiosity and seek immediate feedback from learning.
🔥 Crank up the Mastery drive by practicing skills on the edge of your comfort zone.
💪 Boost audacity by focusing on your innate strengths and what you're good at.
💡 Doing things you're good at can lead to developing a passion for them and finding flow.
🌟 Having a clear purpose in your work increases motivation and job satisfaction.
🔑 Increasing autonomy in your work can be achieved through changing your perspective and developing personal skills and networks.
🔑 Boost each intrinsic motivator by five points per year until maxed out at 50.
⚖️ Upgrade from extrinsic to intrinsic motivation, maintaining balance and course-correcting as needed.
💪 Increase intrinsic motivation to reduce reliance on external rewards and achieve a state of flow.