Dr. Alok 'Dr. K' Kanodia
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Because what is the bare minimum?
Pay attention now, okay?
What is the bare minimum?
The minimum is decided by someone outside of you.
How hard do I work to not get fired?
So your brain is literally thinking about the minimum amount of effort required for this external thing to happen.
You're externally motivated again.
Stretch your capacity.
So whatever you are capable of doing, try to do more.
And I'm not saying to do it to get promoted, because if you do it to get promoted, it's still extrinsic motivation.
We're trying to deactivate these circuits in the brain.
Do you all understand?
The why becomes the most important thing.
And everyone focuses on the how or the what.
Or efficiency or productivity, that's all about output.
They're not focusing on the internal.
That's why we have a mental health crisis.
That's why we have a burnout crisis.
That's why we have a productivity crisis.
That's why we have a motivational crisis.