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Ep. 107: How Do I Stay Motivated on Long-Term Projects?
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Boredom and the Numbing Response
The default instinct of animals is to preserve energy, because you don't know when you're going to need it. A cat does not get bored; a cat is completely happy sleeping in the sun all day. That's what drives us to overcome that animal instinct to conserve our energy and actually go out there and do things such as invent tools, invent fire, invent language and invent culture. It really has beenat the key of our lives so we shouldn't be quick to dismiss it. The other reaction, which was not something that was available to us in the paleolithic, is numbing....
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