Some random thoughts on work and motivation:
* Hard Work always pays back handsomely in the long run.
* You can also prioritize the hard work to generate immediate / short-term / tactical results.
* In any undertaking in life ( or a project ), one of the possible categorization of sub-tasks can be
1. Seemingly boring tasks, or
2. Exciting tasks.
The boring tasks are uninspiring, dull and tedious whereas the exciting tasks shine, impress and motivate. It has happened to me in the past, that the seemingly boring tasks can combine in previously unforeseen ways to lead to something which is appealing and inspiring. In other words, whenever you get bored with doing ‘grunt’ work, remember that it can very well be beneficial later.
One excellent technique is to start off with the grunt work, and to then ‘reward’ yourself with more challenging activities, and then alternating between them appropriately. Also, very often one of the reasons why doing a grunt task may seem pointless can be that you do not know a real life use-case / application of what you are doing. In such scenarios, it is extremely useful to research for the potential / existing applications of what you are doing and how it can e applied to real life. As soon as you see a link to the real world applications, pursuing the topic may make much more sense and much less tedious.
One of the examples of this, which I very vividly remember was given by Professor Saraswati when he was explaining the concept of Integral Calculus. Infact, I would say that most of the ‘good’ teachers that I have come across, have this knack and knowledge to link a topic of review with a something that the audience would care about. But now, I am digressing....
* You can also prioritize the hard work to generate immediate / short-term / tactical results.
* In any undertaking in life ( or a project ), one of the possible categorization of sub-tasks can be
1. Seemingly boring tasks, or
2. Exciting tasks.
The boring tasks are uninspiring, dull and tedious whereas the exciting tasks shine, impress and motivate. It has happened to me in the past, that the seemingly boring tasks can combine in previously unforeseen ways to lead to something which is appealing and inspiring. In other words, whenever you get bored with doing ‘grunt’ work, remember that it can very well be beneficial later.
One excellent technique is to start off with the grunt work, and to then ‘reward’ yourself with more challenging activities, and then alternating between them appropriately. Also, very often one of the reasons why doing a grunt task may seem pointless can be that you do not know a real life use-case / application of what you are doing. In such scenarios, it is extremely useful to research for the potential / existing applications of what you are doing and how it can e applied to real life. As soon as you see a link to the real world applications, pursuing the topic may make much more sense and much less tedious.
One of the examples of this, which I very vividly remember was given by Professor Saraswati when he was explaining the concept of Integral Calculus. Infact, I would say that most of the ‘good’ teachers that I have come across, have this knack and knowledge to link a topic of review with a something that the audience would care about. But now, I am digressing....
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