Motivating Personal Growth by Seeking Discomfort (2022)
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Motivating Personal Growth by Seeking Discomfort (2022)
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#2> we suggest that seeking discomfort as a signal of growth can increase motivation
Can someone help me understand this please? With an example? I haven't read the paper, just the abstract. I can barely understand the abstract, I am not going to understand the paper.
Per the paper, does the "discomfort" need to be in the same arena as that of the "motivation" one wants?
E.g.: If I want to learn a new language, does the discomfort need to relate to the language, or is it enough to do something like taking cold showers?
(FWIW, I have a strong suspicion that most Psych papers, including this one, have inadequate evidence. But I still like to understand what they're claiming.)
Re: Motivating Personal Growth by Seeking Discomfort (2022)
#3> we suggest that seeking discomfort as a signal of growth can increase motivation Can someone help me understand this please? With an example? I haven't read the paper, just the abstract. I can barely understand the abstract, I am not going to understand the paper. Per the paper, does the "discomfort" need to be in the same arena as that of the "motivation" one wants? E.g.: If I want to learn a new language, does th…
I assume it is about the goldilocks spectrum of situations that are challenging but still managable, but I'm only guessing.
Re: Motivating Personal Growth by Seeking Discomfort (2022)
#4> we suggest that seeking discomfort as a signal of growth can increase motivation Can someone help me understand this please? With an example? I haven't read the paper, just the abstract. I can barely understand the abstract, I am not going to understand the paper. Per the paper, does the "discomfort" need to be in the same arena as that of the "motivation" one wants? E.g.: If I want to learn a new language, does th…
David Goggin's public persona comes to mind as an extreme example.
He frames his journey as one that involved embracing pain and discomfort.
Now he preaches it incessantly like a sort of addict to masochism.
I think this highlights the point of the study which attempts to say, instead of avoiding discomfort one could welcome it with the added risk that you become some sort of firestarter in the sense that you now cannot sit with being comfortable.
A natural extension of this work may be to study at what point does burnout occur.
Re: Motivating Personal Growth by Seeking Discomfort (2022)
#5> we suggest that seeking discomfort as a signal of growth can increase motivation Can someone help me understand this please? With an example? I haven't read the paper, just the abstract. I can barely understand the abstract, I am not going to understand the paper. Per the paper, does the "discomfort" need to be in the same arena as that of the "motivation" one wants? E.g.: If I want to learn a new language, does th…
Not really know if this persons idea of discomfort, but I had to think about Kafkas quote: 'Beyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached.'
Going over points of no return e.g. because you commit to certain decisions can be extremely uncomfortable and so many people will just push it off into the future, and so years can go to waste. Learning to spot that kind of discomfort in oneself (and reacting to it) can be extremely benefitial in avoid prolonging it.
Re: Motivating Personal Growth by Seeking Discomfort (2022)
#6> we suggest that seeking discomfort as a signal of growth can increase motivation Can someone help me understand this please? With an example? I haven't read the paper, just the abstract. I can barely understand the abstract, I am not going to understand the paper. Per the paper, does the "discomfort" need to be in the same arena as that of the "motivation" one wants? E.g.: If I want to learn a new language, does th…
The discomfort needs to be alleviated by learning a new language. E.g. moving to the country where the language is spoken, as an extreme example.
Re: Motivating Personal Growth by Seeking Discomfort (2022)
#7> we suggest that seeking discomfort as a signal of growth can increase motivation Can someone help me understand this please? With an example? I haven't read the paper, just the abstract. I can barely understand the abstract, I am not going to understand the paper. Per the paper, does the "discomfort" need to be in the same arena as that of the "motivation" one wants? E.g.: If I want to learn a new language, does th…
Marcus Aurelius' Meditations:
"The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the obstacle to our acting. The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."
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Uhm, screw you?
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#10> we suggest that seeking discomfort as a signal of growth can increase motivation Can someone help me understand this please? With an example? I haven't read the paper, just the abstract. I can barely understand the abstract, I am not going to understand the paper. Per the paper, does the "discomfort" need to be in the same arena as that of the "motivation" one wants? E.g.: If I want to learn a new language, does th…
I think it's more an observation that the act of learning can itself be uncomfortable. So in the language example, going to a meetup and feeling awkward while struggling to use the language you're learning would be considered something to lean into and do more of rather than avoid and stick with learning from a book that feels less negative.