{"id":10170,"date":"2020-12-10T15:40:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/?p=10170"},"modified":"2023-02-24T09:51:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T15:51:21","slug":"motivation-work-with-the-brain-not-against-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/motivation-work-with-the-brain-not-against-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Motivation Framework: Work with the Brain, not against it."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"674\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Natural-Motivation.mp3'>Natural Motivation<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Natural-Motivation.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Natural Motivation\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"Natural Motivation\\\".\",\"meta\":{\"artist\":\"Stephen Choo Quan\",\"album\":\"Design and Execute\",\"length_formatted\":\"1:43\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<ol>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The brain loves clarity and simplicity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The brain loves effortless and easy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The brain loves proof of success.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The brain abhors gaps. This is why we get hooked on Netflix series and soap operas. We want to see how this ends. We want to close the gap.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tactic for Natural Motivation:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CLARITY<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Use a Visual Calendar: <\/span><\/strong>It is easy to digest and remember the milestones.\u00a0 The space in the calendar reminds us how much runway we have to meet the milestone.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Use a List:<\/span><\/strong> decompose big complex tasks into simple steps on a list. <em>Send these lists out daily to your audience.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">EFFORTLESS<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">See Others in Action.<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> &#8220;Mirror neurons&#8221; will impel you to echo other people&#8217;s actions. Sometimes I go to the gym to see others training, and that gets me saying, &#8220;I gotta do it too.&#8221; If you cannot get out, there are many stars on youtube.\u00a0 If many hands make the work lighter, then shadowing others makes the doing easier.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Provide Templates<\/strong>. Templates provide frameworks with guard rails to complete the task and criteria to evaluate quality control of the output.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">PROOF OF SUCCESS<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Create an audience for your output<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and communicate an expected date and time of delivery. The audience expectancy will create more pull effect than you needing motivation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Create an immediate feedback loop<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The feedback is like a mini-treat. If there is a mutually beneficial reward to your end product for both you and the feedback sender, there will be an even more motivational pull.\u00a0 <em>Creating a monthly award ceremony that tells your audience what you are rewarding and puts the limelight on them.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ABHOR GAPS<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Start then stop<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> doing a clearly defined, effortless task. The stop just after starting creates a gap, and the brain will want to close this gap. <em>An example of exercise can be getting your gym clothes and bag ready but not walking out the door. Maybe you put on a fragrance that acts as a trigger and a reminder. Add the incomplete job to your to-do list. Yes, it is a Cliff Hanger effect.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sharing is Caring. 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The brain loves effortless and easy. The brain loves proof of success. The brain abhors gaps. This is why we get hooked on Netflix series and soap operas. We want to see how this ends. We want to close the gap.\u00a0 Tactic for Natural Motivation: CLARITY Use a Visual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-productivity-quality"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/knowledge.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10170"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17912,"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10170\/revisions\/17912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}