RE: Motivation 01-29-2014, 05:45 PM
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My motivation comes mostly from my want to be the best person I can be, especially in my work, hobbies, and general interests. Code and writing fiction are both very important to me. They are the reason I get out of bed early in the morning, just so I can work and get better.
Besides that, I code to secure my future, to ensure that I get a chance to go to the places I want to go in life. Because I don't want to be stuck in a code monkey 9-5er. I want to be on the bleeding edge of software development. To get there from where I'm at now, I have to keep my motivation up.
I should mention, though, that no matter your motivation, if you lack self-discipline it's all useless. Because in the end it's only yourself that can shut down any games and close out of facebook/SL/reddit/4chan/whatever and get down to work even if you do have a great reason to be working.
Besides that, I code to secure my future, to ensure that I get a chance to go to the places I want to go in life. Because I don't want to be stuck in a code monkey 9-5er. I want to be on the bleeding edge of software development. To get there from where I'm at now, I have to keep my motivation up.
I should mention, though, that no matter your motivation, if you lack self-discipline it's all useless. Because in the end it's only yourself that can shut down any games and close out of facebook/SL/reddit/4chan/whatever and get down to work even if you do have a great reason to be working.




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