Overthepast 11 years, I havebeenworking 60 to 100 hours a week, studyingfull-time, graduatingmedicine, startingmyownbusiness, workingas a learningcoachwhileworkingas a doctor.
I callthisfour-stepmethodDEFUSEbecausebyfollowingeachofthesefoursteps, you'reabletoactivatesomethingcalledThought-Action-Defusion, whichis a cognitivetechniquecommonlyusedinclinicalpsychology.
Andthatis a majorproblembecausethiswayofusingmotivationissomethingthat I callmotivationdependent.
なぜなら、このモチベーションの使い方は、私がモチベーション依存と呼んでいるものだからだ。
Andbefore I gothroughthedefusemethod, youhavetounderstandwhythisissuch a problembecause I genuinelybelievethatifyouaremotivationdependent, youwillstruggletogetstuffdoneformostofyourlife.
Thisincludesthingslike a senseofsatisfactionfromfulfillingsomethingor a senseofpurposeandfulfillmentfromdoingsomethingthatfeelsalignedtoyourvaluesandsenseofidentity.
Sosteponeofdefuseistodistinguishbetween a feelingand a thought, torecognizethatwecanfeelsomething, butwecancontrolthewaywerespondandreacttothatfeeling.
Bytheway, I'vesummarizedthemainpointsfromthatTEDxtalkintomyfreeweeklynewsletteraswell, where I trytoimparttheadvicethatwillimproveyourlearningefficiencyeveryweekthroughyourinbox.
Afterall, iftherewerejustliterallyfewerbarriersinplace, thenitwillbeeasiertoachieveourgoal, whichiswhystepfour, the Z indefuseissoimportant, whichstandsforzone.
結局のところ、障壁が文字通り少なければ、目標を達成するのはより簡単になる。
Tomaintainconsistencyandreduceourneedformotivation, wehavetocreate a zoneoffocusfreefromdistractionandprocrastinationtriggers.