4 ms·

> I’ve tried to start reflecting on what forces are motivating me when I take on extra work, or jump into an incident, or engage in glue work. After that, thoug

> I’ve tried to start reflecting on what forces are motivating me when I take on extra work, or jump into an incident, or engage in glue work. After that, though: what’s next? I just recently completed an Reiss[0] assessment, a scientifically proven approach to understanding motivation and through this process, I was better able to understand what drives me to make the decisions I do. Biggest lightbulb moment for me was that ALL of us are motivated by the same 16 basic desires (e.g. acceptance, beauty, order, tranquility) BUT at VARYING degrees. How much we are motivated to satisfy those desires depends on both genetics and environment. So, now, before jumping into incidents, I find it helpful to check in with myself on what the underlying motivation is. [0] - https://www.reissmotivationprofile.com/ https://www.reissmotivationprofile.com/

huijzer 3y ago
> ALL of us are motivated by the same 16 basic desires (e.g. acceptance, beauty, order, tranquility) Yes that is one way to summarize extremely complex neural networks. Come up with some categories and then tell everyone this is now the truth. I agree with you that we all have varying degrees of motivation in various things, but not that we all satisfy exactly those 16 categories.
- Jensson 3y ago
  Yeah, for example they have "eating" as one category but there is definitely different kinds of eating. Eating meat or eating a cake or eating (drinking) water satisfies different kinds of desires. Or you could group those as bodily needs together with peeing etc.
- sokka_h2otribe 3y ago
  Seems like a good time for the quip "all models are wrong, some models are useful" I agree that these models are not literal binning functions of Normative Truth, but rather they are intended to be useful. Another way to consider: everything natural is analog (afaik), and everything digital is human-culture influenced. So whenever you see X categories, it's ALWAYS arbitrary humanness. For me personally, realizing this made me get over whether something was "right or wrong" and back to whether it was useful or not.
morelisp 3y ago
And with 17 basic desires, I can make him wiggle his trunk.

huijzer 3y ago

> ALL of us are motivated by the same 16 basic desires (e.g. acceptance, beauty, order, tranquility) Yes that is one way to summarize extremely complex neural networks. Come up with some categories and then tell everyone this is now the truth. I agree with you that we all have varying degrees of motivation in various things, but not that we all satisfy exactly those 16 categories.

Jensson 3y ago
Yeah, for example they have "eating" as one category but there is definitely different kinds of eating. Eating meat or eating a cake or eating (drinking) water satisfies different kinds of desires. Or you could group those as bodily needs together with peeing etc.
sokka_h2otribe 3y ago
Seems like a good time for the quip "all models are wrong, some models are useful" I agree that these models are not literal binning functions of Normative Truth, but rather they are intended to be useful. Another way to consider: everything natural is analog (afaik), and everything digital is human-culture influenced. So whenever you see X categories, it's ALWAYS arbitrary humanness. For me personally, realizing this made me get over whether something was "right or wrong" and back to whether it was useful or not.

morelisp 3y ago

And with 17 basic desires, I can make him wiggle his trunk.