Thoughts: * Presumably everything starts as an extrinsic desire (when we are born). What is process of an extrinsic desire becoming intrinsic? * If we figure

Thoughts: * Presumably everything starts as an extrinsic desire (when we are born). What is process of an extrinsic desire becoming intrinsic? * If we figure out this process does that mean we can transform every extrinsic desire into an intrinsic desire and thus make our success chances higher? * If so, how do we choose which desires we would want as intrinsic?