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#787 Kennon Sheldon - Freely Determined; The New Psychology of the Self, and How to Live

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How to Set Internal Rewards to Keep You Motivated

According to self-determination theory you can still feel self-determined when you're doing something you don't like if you believe that it's meaningful and important. If the main thing is to retain a sense of being the the the chooser of one's own behavior so even the external authority can give praise and rewards as long as they don't do it in a way that feels coercive and controlling.

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