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Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal
BONUS EPISODE: How To Instantly Make Your Job More Enjoyable (Chapter 2 Feel-Good Productivity)
Feb 13, 2024
In this podcast, Ali Abdaal discusses the importance of feeling autonomous in your daily life and gaining power back over your work to unlock true motivation. He shares stories of automating a boring job, building intrinsic motivation, and the power of intentional decision-making for personal empowerment.
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- Intrinsic motivation driven by self-fulfillment and curiosity is more powerful and lasting than extrinsic motivation based on external rewards, emphasizing the importance of autonomy in increasing intrinsic motivation.
- Even in situations where we have little independence, we can still take ownership of the process, finding ways to make our tasks more engaging and meaningful, leading to increased satisfaction and autonomy.
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Finding Empowerment at Work
In an excerpt from chapter two of the audio book 'Feel Good Productivity,' the psychologist Edward D.C. and Richard Ryan's self-determination theory is explored. They found that intrinsic motivation, driven by self-fulfillment and curiosity, is more powerful and lasting than extrinsic motivation based on external rewards. D.C. and Ryan emphasized the importance of autonomy, a sense of ownership, in increasing intrinsic motivation. This insight can be applied to various work situations, where even if we can't control the entire situation, we can still take ownership of the process and find ways to make our tasks more engaging and meaningful.
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