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77. How Can You Avoid Boredom?

No Stupid Questions

The Best Kind of Motivation Is Not an External Reward

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Psychologists say that the best kind of motivation is not when it has an external reward, but actually when the activity itself is enjoyable. What about drugs? Whenever i have to do something that will bore me, should i just get super high on drugs? And i ask this because i remember once a friend who does architecture and interior design said 80 % of people who come and do this certain kind of finish work, they're high. It's just too repetitive and ring and if you're not high, then you get miserable.

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