How I Learned to WORK HARD with NO MOTIVATION
Summary
TLDRThe video script explores the complexities of maintaining motivation while learning to code and the importance of discipline over fleeting motivation. It challenges the common belief that motivation is essential for action, arguing that it often leads to short-term gratification rather than long-term success. The speaker suggests strategies to bypass the emotional pull of motivation, such as gamifying the learning process and prioritizing long-term benefits. Additionally, the script highlights the impact of quality sleep on productivity and the role of Sleep A10 earbuds in facilitating a restful environment, even amidst noise.
Takeaways
- 🚀 Start with Lofty Goals: The speaker began learning to code with high aspirations, like getting a great job and switching careers, which eventually materialized.
- 🔍 Realize the Difficulty: As coding progressed, the speaker recognized the challenge of learning to code and the diminishing moments of motivation.
- 🤔 Rethink Motivation: The realization that motivation is fleeting and not a reliable driver for long-term action led to a shift in mindset.
- 🧠 Two Sides of the Brain: The speaker discusses the dichotomy between the short-term, pleasure-seeking side of the brain and the long-term, rational side.
- 💡 Bypass Motivation: Learning to bypass the need for motivation by focusing on the necessary actions to reach goals, regardless of emotional state.
- 🍬 The Danger of Dopamine: Dopamine, a hormone tied to motivation and pleasure, can lead to short-term focus and away from long-term goals.
- 🎮 Gamify Learning: Relating learning to gaming, like earning trophies or achievements, can trick the brain into finding long-term actions pleasurable.
- 🛌 Importance of Sleep: Quality sleep is crucial for productivity and hormone balance, affecting the ability to do hard work.
- 🎧 Sponsored Content: The script includes a sponsored segment about Sleep A10 earbuds, highlighting their noise-canceling and sleep-enhancing features.
- 🔄 Reframe the Process: Focusing on enjoying the process of learning and coding, rather than solely on the end result, can lead to sustainable success.
- 📚 Long-Term Path: The speaker suggests there is a sustainable path from beginner to mastery in coding, which they have shared in another video.
Q & A
What was the initial motivation for the speaker to start learning to code?
-The initial motivation for the speaker was to switch careers and get a nice job, which was driven by having lofty goals in mind.
What challenge did the speaker face as they began learning to code?
-The speaker faced the challenge of maintaining motivation as they realized how difficult it is to effectively learn to code, leading to less frequent moments of feeling motivated.
Why does the speaker consider motivation to be a bad thing in the context of learning to code?
-The speaker considers motivation to be bad because it is an emotion that often leads to short-term actions rather than long-term benefits, and it is unreliable for consistent action.
What is the speaker's view on the role of the brain in motivation and action?
-The speaker believes that one side of the brain is driven by emotions and short-term pleasure, while the other side is focused on long-term goals and rational decisions.
How does dopamine play a role in the speaker's perspective on motivation?
-Dopamine is described as a powerful hormone for motivation and pleasure, but it is short-term focused and can lead to actions that are not beneficial for long-term goals.
What strategy does the speaker suggest to bypass the emotion of motivation?
-The speaker suggests learning to bypass motivation by focusing on long-term gratification and adopting discipline, which involves listening to the rational side of the brain.
How does the speaker relate the process of learning to code to playing video games?
-The speaker relates learning to code to video games by treating the learning process like achieving trophies or levels, which can trick the brain into finding the process enjoyable and addictive.
What is the importance of quality sleep according to the speaker?
-Quality sleep is crucial for productivity as it affects important hormones and the speaker's ability to perform tasks and maintain discipline the next day.
What product endorsement does the speaker mention in the script?
-The speaker endorses the Sleep A10 earbuds by Soundcore, highlighting their noise-canceling technology and suitability for both sleep and daily use.
What additional resources does the speaker offer for learning to code?
-The speaker offers a path or template for learning to code from a complete beginner to mastery, along with practical tips for completing online courses.
What is the speaker's final advice on achieving long-term success in learning to code?
-The speaker advises to forget about motivation and focus on discipline, gamifying the process, and ensuring a sustainable path for learning to code.
Outlines
🤔 Overcoming the Myth of Motivation
The speaker discusses the misconception that motivation is the key to achieving goals, particularly in learning to code. They initially felt highly motivated by the prospect of a new career but soon realized the difficulty of learning coding. The speaker argues that motivation, being an emotion, is unreliable for consistent action. Instead, they suggest focusing on discipline and long-term benefits, comparing the learning process to bridging a gap between current abilities and goals. They emphasize the need to bypass the short-term emotional brain and listen to the rational side that considers long-term goals, highlighting the role of dopamine in driving short-term desires versus long-term success.
🎮 Gamifying Discipline for Long-Term Success
The speaker shares personal strategies for maintaining discipline in learning to code by relating it to the addictive nature of video games. They used to be addicted to the sense of progress and achievement in gaming, and they applied this mindset to coding by treating course completions as 'trophies' or 'levels'. This approach helped them to enjoy the process of learning, making it a pursuit in itself rather than just for the end result. The speaker also stresses the importance of quality sleep for productivity, sharing their experience with noise-canceling earbuds that improved their sleep and overall ability to work hard towards their goals.
🛠️ Building a Path to Mastery in Coding
The speaker provides guidance on how to build a sustainable path from being a complete beginner to mastering coding. They mention creating a template for their own learning path and sharing it with others, along with practical tips on how to effectively complete online courses. The speaker encourages viewers to watch a specific video that provides a detailed blueprint for this learning path, promising that it will be a powerful resource in conjunction with the insights shared in the current video.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Motivation
💡Long-term Goals
💡Discipline
💡Dopamine
💡Short-term Gratification
💡Long-term Gratification
💡Gamification
💡Process
💡Quality Sleep
💡Productivity
💡Sustainable Path
Highlights
The speaker started learning to code with motivation fueled by career aspirations but realized the difficulty in maintaining motivation over time.
Motivation is identified as an emotion that can be misleading and not always aligned with long-term goals.
The speaker suggests that relying on motivation is ineffective as it leads to sporadic action rather than consistent progress.
A shift in perspective is proposed, from seeking motivation to adopting discipline and focusing on long-term benefits.
The brain is described as having two sides: one driven by short-term pleasure and the other by long-term rationality.
Dopamine is highlighted as a hormone that can lead to short-term focus rather than long-term success.
The speaker emphasizes the importance of not being controlled by dopamine-driven short-term pleasures.
Learning to code is presented as a long-term pursuit that requires discipline over seeking immediate gratification.
A strategy to gamify the learning process by relating it to earning trophies or achievements is introduced.
The speaker shares personal experiences with video games to illustrate how progress can be addictive and motivating.
The process of learning to code should be enjoyable and not solely focused on the end result.
Forgetting motivation and focusing on the hard work, even when not feeling motivated, is recommended for success.
Quality sleep is identified as crucial for productivity and maintaining the ability to do hard work.
Soundcore Sleep A10 earbuds are introduced as a solution for achieving quality sleep in noisy environments.
The earbuds are praised for their noise-canceling technology and suitability for both sleep and daily use.
The speaker discusses the importance of choosing the right learning path and resources for sustainable progress in coding.
A personal learning path template and practical tips for completing online courses are offered as additional resources.
Transcripts
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started learning to code when I was
first starting learning to code
sometimes I would feel really motivated
to learn something especially in the
beginning I had these ideas in mind
about like I'm gonna get a really nice
job and like all of that switch careers
which did end up happening but at the
beginning it was very easy to be
motivated by this because I just had
these lofty goals in mind but then once
I actually started doing it little by
little I started realizing how difficult
it actually is to effectively learn to
code and little by little there were
less and less of those moments when I
was feeling really motivated and it
became harder and harder to actually get
myself to do the work which I knew I
obviously had to do and so I started
asking myself the question of how can I
get myself to be more motivated so I can
reach all these glossy goals I had in my
much much faster and at some point I
realized that there was a completely
wrong question to be asking motivation
is the thing that most people wait for
before they take any sort of action most
people think that motivation is good
it's something that you want to achieve
something but motivation is actually bad
because what is motivation motivation is
essentially just an emotion it is one
part of your brain that is telling you
what it wants you to do at any given
moment but the problem here is the side
of your brain that's control this
emotion of motivation is not telling you
to do the things that you should
actually be doing for your long-term
benefit the way I think about this is
that you are here and over here are your
goals and in between there is a bunch of
action that needs to be done for you to
get there let's say for the sake of this
example that you need to take 10 000
actions whatever that means to reach
this goal to bridge this Gap but if you
wait for motivation you actually only
end up doing probably like 20 of all of
these actions because the fact is that
you are never going to always be
motivated you're probably only going to
be motivated like 20 of the time which
lead to the fact that you only end up
taking like 20 of the actions that you
need to take so what we need to figure
out is a way for us to do the rest of
this action the rest of these 8 000
actions even when you're not motivated
we need to essentially learn to bypass
this emotion of motivation the best way
to think about it is that the session is
two sides to your brain one half there's
this side of the brain which we'll be
talking about that is controlled by
motivation that's controlled by emotion
and this side of the brain is sort of
evil and pleasure shaking and it always
is just telling you to do the things
that will give you most pleasure at that
particular moment so it's a very short
term focused part of your brain and for
most people this is the side of the
brain that controls pretty much all your
action which is not very good for you
but then you've got this other side of
the brain which is really things about
the long term it's really like the
rational responsible guy who's telling
you what you should actually be doing
rather than what you want to be doing
unfortunately in most people's brain it
is this emotional short-term brain that
is a lot more powerful because they have
a very potent weapon called or dopamine
dopamine is essentially the most
powerful hormone that is in your body in
terms of getting you to do stuff it's
the hormone of motivation and also the
hormone of pleasure the reason we
evolved to have these hormone as humans
because obviously to survive we needed
to be motivated to do certain things
like go punt animals or whatever but in
the modern world things are very
different so that's why dopamine is very
short term focused things that give you
dopamine are things like eating sugar
back in the caveman days if you found
sugar if you found this amazing energies
that was like the best thing in the
world nowadays in the modern world
because of all the abundance we have the
things that give you these dopamine
rushes are not actually what you should
be pursuing all the time so that is why
it's crucial you learn to not be
controlled by the things that give you
dopamine the things that make you feel
good in the moment because if you want
to achieve the long-term success if you
want to learn anything like London code
you can't always just be seeking out
short-term pleasure you need to start
thinking about
long-term pleasure instead now yeah
sometimes the right things will give you
dopamine as well like doing good work
also gives you dopamine and also makes
you feel good but most of the time they
won't because most of the time you
always have some things some actions you
can take that will give you more
pleasure in the moment but these actions
are almost never the actions that will
actually lead to you reaching your goals
reaching your purpose and getting
long-term benefits so that's why you
need to stop listening to these
motivational side of your brain the most
important thing you need to learn is to
stop seeking short-term gratification
and instead start seeking long-term
gratification if you learn to code if
you do it successfully your life will be
so much better in the long term you're
gonna have so much more fulfillment when
you've mastered this really hard skill
and you can do all the cool things that
you can do with it and Pro you will also
have a really great career which will
just generally improve your life in the
long term but to get here you first need
to do the hard work and to adopt this
you need to have a discipline which
essentially just means listening to this
rational side of the brain always
thinking what is the long-term best
thing for me to do right now and if you
can't do this by sheer willpower there's
a couple of sort of tricks that you can
do to try to sort of cheat this pleasure
Seeker short-term brain into thinking
that what your long-term brain is
telling you is actually what will give
you more short-term pleasure as well
when I was young I was addicted to video
games the thing I would always do when I
came home from school was start playing
video games and the particular kinds of
video games I like the most are ones
where you can make progress if any of
you played PlayStation you know like all
the trophies that you can win then at
the end you get the platinum trophy or
whatever I was addicted to collecting
all of these trophies and getting all of
these achievements and just like beating
the hardest levels and all that what I
want you to do and what I did personally
think about learning new things relating
to coding as like getting trophies or
getting achievements or like unlocking
higher levels because when I do this I
find that I can sort of activate this
part of my brain that's addicted to this
progress that's addicted to playing this
game and trying to win it except I can
do it in something useful which is
coding so whenever I am following my
self-talk computer science path for
example whenever I complete a course
it's like I'm completed the level and as
a result I'm now unlocked all these next
level these new more advanced courses
related to that topic for example in
this way almost like trick your brain
become addicted about the fact that
you're trying to win this game of
getting really good at coding not video
science and whatever is playing all
these video games it wasn't always about
the end result because when you win the
game or when you get the end of the
level the news is like okay well what
now I guess I'll just go start the next
game right it was always about the
process it was always about the actual
pursuit of those higher levels not
higher levels in and of themselves if
you can start thinking about the process
of learning to code in this same way
because you're enjoying the process you
actually want to do it that is actually
the only way to sustainably achieve the
level of success that you will need to
like get a good job and a higher salary
or any of those things that you probably
started this process for but most of the
time what you basically need to do is
not even think about motivation at all
to forget motivation and simply do the
hard work even when you don't feel like
it
there's one more thing that's absolutely
crucial for your productivity that most
people neglect and that's getting
quality sleep because lower quality
sleep actually lowers a lot of your
importance hormones like for example
testosterone which makes you less likely
to want to do the hard things that are
necessary and I definitely feel this
whenever I don't sleep well the entire
next day is pretty much wasted my
workouts suck and I just can't get
myself to do the things that I need to
do so I had a bit of a problem when I
moved into this current flat with three
of my friends who I love you guys but
they don't exactly share my sleeping
pattern and they can be very loud in the
times when I actually want to go to
sleep that was until sound core reached
out to me with these the Sleep A10
earbuds they're basically earbuds that
designed with some of the best noise
canceling technology out there the four
point noise masking system can block out
up to 35 decibels of noise which is 15
decibels more than regular sleep earbuds
and exactly what I need to protect my is
from my loud flatmates the Sleep patents
come in this really Sleek case and as
the name suggests they are designed to
be the perfect sleep product blocking
out all unwanted noise and they also
offer unlimited relaxing content through
their app that you can also use to
record your sleep so even if you're in
noisy environments like me your sleep
never has to be compromised their sleep
Focus also shows in their design where
they've accommodated even side sleepers
but making these their smallest earbuds
to that but these are not just for
sleeping and this is the part I was most
surprised about I spent some time
comparing the sound quality of these to
my current airpods Pro and I have to say
that it's actually better and even like
much better especially the bass so I
think I've literally now switched these
as my main day-to-day earbuds so if you
want to start getting quality
uninterrupted sleep or you just want
some really nice earbuds for example to
focus while you're working you can check
out this sound core sleep a tents from
the first line of the description today
thank you for sound call for sponsoring
this part of the video this is all
really powerful stuff like you if you
just manage to internalize what I've
said in this video about becoming
disciplined rather than just thinking
about motivation like doing things to
gamify the process and to actually make
the process more enjoyable where you
don't need to wait to be motivated
because you actually want to do the
action it's really powerful but in order
to apply this obviously you also need to
know actually what you should apply it
to there's so many different courses so
many different resources and I'm sure
you're asking yourself what it's like is
very sustainable path that I can take
from complete beginner into absolute
Mastery I build a path like this for
myself and I share exactly what that
path is there's like a full template
that I share to you that you can just go
and follow as well as the actual
practical tips of how I complete online
courses in this video right here these
two videos together are gonna be super
super powerful I highly recommend you go
watch this video right now after this
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