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02-14-2007, 11:41 PM
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What motivates you to do your best work?
I recently did some project type thing that was the hardest thing i've ever done in my life based on amount of work in a short period (like 4 days 16 hours a day of tough mental work). Normally, for exams and things like that, ill make up excuses for myself at say 10 pm and quit working when I probably should continue. However for this thing I just kept going becuase it needed to be better and I was running out of time.
So now that I finished it and I can reflect, I think the main motivation factor was a fear of public failure (making a fool of myslef). This doesnt happen with exams as its a more private failure, and with poker its basically the same thing and there are very few motivators to keep playing besides just general competitiveness. So im asking what is your biggest motivator that will make you work like you didn't think possible. Love? Your children's well-being? Pride? Fear of failure? 
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02-14-2007, 11:53 PM
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Re: What motivates you to do your best work?
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money [/ QUOTE ] Well yeah, but only because I don't want to end up homeless and starving or in jail and beaten/raped. And all these things are bad because they would lead to a quicker death. So basically death motivates me.
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02-14-2007, 11:54 PM
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Re: What motivates you to do your best work?
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[ QUOTE ] money [/ QUOTE ] Well yeah, but only because I don't want to end up homeless and starving or in jail and beaten/raped. And all these things are bad because they would lead to a quicker death. So basically death motivates me. [/ QUOTE ] meh, the only thing that is probably going to make me rich is to have no fear of death.
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02-14-2007, 11:57 PM
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Re: What motivates you to do your best work?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] money [/ QUOTE ] Well yeah, but only because I don't want to end up homeless and starving or in jail and beaten/raped. And all these things are bad because they would lead to a quicker death. So basically death motivates me. [/ QUOTE ] meh, the only thing that is probably going to make me rich is to have no fear of death. [/ QUOTE ] That's just an empty platitude you're spouting. If you didn't fear death you wouldn't give a [censored] about money.
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02-14-2007, 11:58 PM
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Re: What motivates you to do your best work?
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Without a doubt, my best work comes after I have been told I've done a poor job on prior work or have been rejected in some way. [/ QUOTE ] so you need social acceptance or you feel really bad?
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02-14-2007, 11:59 PM
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Re: What motivates you to do your best work?
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money [/ QUOTE ] I disagree with this for alot of ppl past a certain comfort level, because look how many poker players on this site have a hard time putting in more than 30 hrs a week
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#10
02-15-2007, 12:01 AM
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Re: What motivates you to do your best work?
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[ QUOTE ] Without a doubt, my best work comes after I have been told I've done a poor job on prior work or have been rejected in some way. [/ QUOTE ] so you need social acceptance or you feel really bad? [/ QUOTE ] Social acceptance is only important to people because if they are rejected it could mean they end up alone. And once alone they would spend much more time thinking about their impending and unavoidable appointment with death. "Will I die alone? I don't wanna die alone. Surely someone can save me!"
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