## Motivation, Desire vs Fear ### What is Motivation? ![[Motivation Cycle.jpg]] The backpropagation of learning to create action in anticipation of reward ![[the-hook-model.png]] ### What is desire? Desire is a motvation to act the _approach_ in "_approach_ or _avoid_" ### What is Fear? Fear is a motvation to protect the _avoid_ in "_approach_ or _avoid_" ## Why do people feel unmotivated? Lets acknowledge that all motivation is outcome based Motivation is desire minus fear ### Why does laziness happen When motivation to protect exceeds motivation to act <iframe title="Why people are lazy? - Dr.Matt" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ECIEdsAJ8bs?feature=oembed" height="113" width="200" allowfullscreen="" allow="fullscreen" style="aspect-ratio: 1.76991 / 1; width: 100%; height: 100%;"></iframe> ### Common reasons for lack of motivation: #### Internal sabotage - Fear of success - Fear of inviting other people to sabotage - Becoming narcisistic - People don't have the right personality to manage the success that they have - Fear of possible failure #### Autopilot (under-intensioned) - Lack of narraitive, see [[Fun and Flowstate#Fantasy Narrative]] #### Do things superficially (No engagement) - Lack of [[Fun and Flowstate#Challenge]] #### Substitution of examination and learning - See [[Thinking Fast and Slow.canvas]] under the Illusion of Understanding - See Batesian mimicry and [[Principal Agent Problem]] [[Economics/Notes on thought and motivation/On Procrastination]] [[On Human motivation]]