identified motivation
concept · in 7 sources (2018–2024)
Doing something because you value it, between pure fun and guilt or reward on the motivation spectrum.
Sources by year: 2018: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2024: 1
Also known as: self-concordant goals, I get to, not I have to, intrinsic motivation
Questions
What the videos say
The most important statements of each year; all statements.
2024
- 2024-05-20 · Find Your True Motivation 🔎 — Ali says all the evidence shows that intrinsic motivation is far more powerful and durable than extrinsic motivation. — 00:00:00
- Ali defines extrinsic motivation as doing something for an external reward or to avoid punishment, such as working a job for money, and intrinsic motivation as doing it for its own sake because the process is enjoyable or meaningful. — 00:00:00
- Ali says extrinsic motivators often crowd out intrinsic motivation, even for something you are intrinsically motivated to do. — 00:00:00
2020
- 2020-06-10 (said on 2020-06-01, implied) · Music, Reading and Note-Taking - Productive Day in the Life — recommendation: Ali calls motivation a myth but thinks it helps to make use of bursts of motivation when they come, as he does by watching more guitar theory lessons over lunch. — 00:02:26
- 2020-06-17 · How To Boost Productivity Without Apps — Ali says that to be more productive or build a healthy habit people think they need more motivation or discipline, but there is an easier way, which is all about the power of friction. — 00:00:29
2018
- 2018-03-21 · Q & A - 5,000 Subscribers! — recommendation: Ali says motivation is pretty much a myth and people should use discipline instead to get things done. — 00:08:52
- 2018-05-01 · First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A — Ali calls motivation, the idea that you must feel like revising chemistry before you revise it, a complete myth: if you know you need to do it, discipline is the way forward. — 00:19:46
- Ali tries to scrub the word motivation from his vocabulary because he thinks it unhelpful: if he needs to do something, he does it because he is disciplined. — 00:20:22
- Ali gives three ways to improve motivation: make the activity more fun, reduce friction, and increase the salience of the outcome. — 00:20:51
- Ali treats pure discipline as an ideal to look towards, without beating yourself up too hard for falling short of it. — 00:20:51
- Examples of raising the salience of the outcome, says Ali: viewers watch his Cambridge videos or Ibz Mo's to stay motivated, and his brother kept a picture of Oxford as his desktop wallpaper. — 00:21:17
- To make two hours of boring SixMed admin emails more fun, Ali goes to Costa, gets a flat white and puts on music. — 00:21:41
- To revise for long hours, Ali advises making it fun. — 00:33:41
- 2018-05-07 · Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student — Ali calls motivation a myth: he sees no value in using motivation as a motivator, because it is all about discipline. — 00:16:51
- Ali says a specific goal makes motivation easy: a squat personal best gets you to the gym more than getting healthier; the more specific the goal (SMART), the easier the motivation. — 00:17:39
- 2018-05-29 · Live Stream - Hangout — recommendation: Ali: On a day you cannot study, Ali advises asking what your goal is and whether a break is consistent with it: if it is, take a break; if not, battle through, as he wrote in his latest newsletter. — 00:21:27