Jason Womack

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Big Wins During the 5-Day Challenge

Jason Womack

I got a short-term consulting gig.". "I Every day last week, I heard AMAZING stories from people completing their 30/30 [30 minutes working on something not due for 30 days]: "I scheduled my Continual Education Units for 2019 (since I discovered I was already done for 2018!)". "I I submitted my application for grad school.". "

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Where does motivation come from?

Jason Womack

Alas, that’s not always true in the short term. They are proclivities that emerge from circumstance, experience, and context. 79 : Type I’s almost always outperform Type X’s in the long run. Intrinsically motivated people usually achieve more than their reward-seeking counterparts. You don’t get a say in choosing the people around you.

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The Great Mississippi Bike Ride - Day 4

Jason Womack

I'm still super impressed that there IS an incubator here, and hope they achieve some major success in the short AND long term. If you could hear yourself think, if you could imagine things for longer than short bursts between meetings, what would you think of? I mean really, REALLY, getting away to be with you.

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How is your idea generation routine generating ideas?

Jason Womack

Do you think the items would be short-term, task-y kinds of things? With a blank piece of paper in front of them, a countdown timer on the large screen in front of the room, and "quiet time to think," I invited the participants to think up as much as possible. If you had this opportunity what would you write down?

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FBR (Friday Book Review): Drive, by Daniel Pink

Jason Womack

Alas, that’s not always true in the short term. They are proclivities that emerge from circumstance, experience, and context. 79 : Type I’s almost always outperform Type X’s in the long run. Intrinsically motivated people usually achieve more than their reward-seeking counterparts. You don’t get a say in choosing the people around you.

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