Motivation
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
bust my ass and do everything I can to make my employer think I'm indispensible.
Too bad that doesn't mean a bloody thing now-a-days. I've been the best in my department many times, and have had the knife slammed into my back by management nearly every single time. Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
Too bad that doesn't mean a bloody thing now-a-days
True, unfortunately. I look at it as a last-ditch sort of preventative measure. If they're looking to trim staff, I'm hoping they'll keep me around simply because I'm the only one who knows how all the crap jobs work :rolleyes:.
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Start hanging around people and/or making friends with the type of person you want to be. Pretty soon it'll start rubbing off on you.
I thought that was why people came here? ;) So if I hang out with people with happy marriages, I won't have a strike three? :~ Codefrog/Rex have you got an extra plate? My treat, your place? _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
I thought that was why people came here?
Not everyone on CP is productive now are they? ;P
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
So if I hang out with people with happy marriages, I won't have a strike three?
It's not guaranteed, but like-minded people do hang out and get along. And a like-minded cohort is a source of motivation. Jeremy Falcon
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I work from home nowadays, and I find that the simple fact that I am unsupervised is a great motivator. If I need more motivation than that, I have 765 heavy metal CDs and a stereo, I know what music gets me pumping. If all else fails, I am in the fortunate position of being able to take note of the time, go out and dig in the garden for half an hour or so, and make the time up later in the day. Some exercise and a brief change of scenery can really help sometimes. When I had an office job, I'd take a walk from time to time, and usually by the time I got back I'd have solved the problem I had been puzzling over. I guess that's different to motivation, but that's the main reason I would take a short break, to mull something over. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
I have 765 heavy metal CDs
:omg: The most I ever had at once was like 300, and I lost most of them over the years. :-> Jeremy Falcon
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
I thought that was why people came here?
Not everyone on CP is productive now are they? ;P
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
So if I hang out with people with happy marriages, I won't have a strike three?
It's not guaranteed, but like-minded people do hang out and get along. And a like-minded cohort is a source of motivation. Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
It's not guaranteed, but like-minded people do hang out and get along. And a like-minded cohort is a source of motivation.
But does that mean he would be more like me, or I would be more like him? I wouldn't want to cause a divorce... :omg: _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) -- modified at 21:15 Monday 19th June, 2006
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
It's not guaranteed, but like-minded people do hang out and get along. And a like-minded cohort is a source of motivation.
But does that mean he would be more like me, or I would be more like him? I wouldn't want to cause a divorce... :omg: _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) -- modified at 21:15 Monday 19th June, 2006
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
But does that mean he would be more like me, or I would be more like him?
Um... arm wrestle for it. :laugh: Jeremy Falcon
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Christian Graus wrote:
I have 765 heavy metal CDs
:omg: The most I ever had at once was like 300, and I lost most of them over the years. :-> Jeremy Falcon
Perhaps I bought some of yours on ebay, from the friends who helped you 'lose' them :P Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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Perhaps I bought some of yours on ebay, from the friends who helped you 'lose' them :P Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
:doh::laugh: Jeremy Falcon
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Does anybody else have those days where you lack any and all motivation to do anything productive? Or feel like you don't have any direction in which to work? If so, what helps? No matter how hard I try, I can't come up with the motivation to keep working...
I just get up and take a walk. Not the kind where you stop to chat; I head out the building and walk about a half mile. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
But does that mean he would be more like me, or I would be more like him?
Um... arm wrestle for it. :laugh: Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Um... arm wrestle for it.
hmmmm... but what if his wife beats me at arm wrestling? or his children?? :~ although... the legos sound like fun! :cool: I don't think they would turn me away if I showed up with ALL the lego kits.... _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Does anybody else have those days where you lack any and all motivation to do anything productive? Or feel like you don't have any direction in which to work? If so, what helps? No matter how hard I try, I can't come up with the motivation to keep working...
FlamTaps wrote:
Does anybody else have those days where you lack any and all motivation to do anything productive? Or feel like you don't have any direction in which to work?
I grab any movie heavy in computer generated effects. I think to myself... can I do that? and I do so. It is why I have a particle engine based on mass of objects ... hmmm... hitting each other :rolleyes: and various other things. A customer needed stage drop off animation, so I watched Apollo 13 again.... hmmm... speaking of which... we have an apollo like launch station to build... now where is that tape filed? :-> _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Um... arm wrestle for it.
hmmmm... but what if his wife beats me at arm wrestling? or his children?? :~ although... the legos sound like fun! :cool: I don't think they would turn me away if I showed up with ALL the lego kits.... _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
I don't think they would turn me away if I showed up with ALL the lego kits....
You've got to go for meccanno instead :) More fun and doesn't break apart when they hit the wall...
Bob X wrote:
You've got to go for meccanno instead
ahhhh, but I know they have legos.... plus if games or anything starts being thrown at walls... too reminiscent of my family, I'd be hitting the road and playing hermit again. It is one of several easy ways of getting rid of me. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Bob X wrote:
You've got to go for meccanno instead
ahhhh, but I know they have legos.... plus if games or anything starts being thrown at walls... too reminiscent of my family, I'd be hitting the road and playing hermit again. It is one of several easy ways of getting rid of me. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
plus if games or anything starts being thrown at walls...
:-D
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
too reminiscent of my family
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
I'd be hitting the road and playing hermit again. It is one of several easy ways of getting rid of me.
:confused:
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
plus if games or anything starts being thrown at walls...
:-D
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
too reminiscent of my family
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
I'd be hitting the road and playing hermit again. It is one of several easy ways of getting rid of me.
:confused:
Bob X wrote:
:confused:
a long story... not meant for a motivation subject thread. Although it was motivation to live alone. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Does anybody else have those days where you lack any and all motivation to do anything productive? Or feel like you don't have any direction in which to work? If so, what helps? No matter how hard I try, I can't come up with the motivation to keep working...
FlamTaps wrote:
Does anybody else have those days where you lack any and all motivation to do anything productive?
Depends on how you define productive. If you define it too strictly, you will need more motivation.
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Do you still work there ? If so, I'm wondering how they reacted to your being an MVP ? Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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Matt Philmon wrote:
Laziness: Uh... if someone figures this one out let me know.
Start hanging around people and/or making friends with the type of person you want to be. Pretty soon it'll start rubbing off on you. Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Start hanging around people and/or making friends with the type of person you want to be
ahh hell back to the strippers then Bryce --- To paraphrase Fred Dagg - the views expressed in this post are bloody good ones. --
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
Too bad that doesn't mean a bloody thing now-a-days
True, unfortunately. I look at it as a last-ditch sort of preventative measure. If they're looking to trim staff, I'm hoping they'll keep me around simply because I'm the only one who knows how all the crap jobs work :rolleyes:.
Software Zen:
delete this;Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
If they're looking to trim staff, I'm hoping they'll keep me around simply because I'm the only one who knows how all the crap jobs work
To bad that doesn’t count, the only thing that seems to count is how dirty your nose is. :~
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
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Does anybody else have those days where you lack any and all motivation to do anything productive? Or feel like you don't have any direction in which to work? If so, what helps? No matter how hard I try, I can't come up with the motivation to keep working...
Frequently these days. The trouble is when it starts to go into weeks of endless drudgery, tedium and boredom. I often sack the work I am supposed to be doing (I'll have another go tomorrow) and try to investigate something different that is of interest to me but still loosely related to work, just in case a manager has a "Dilbert-boss" moment and decides to come out of their glass office and "rally the troops" and feign interest as to how the staff are doing. I am quite surprised that I managed to maintian enough interest to finish this message off :) I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
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Does anybody else have those days where you lack any and all motivation to do anything productive? Or feel like you don't have any direction in which to work? If so, what helps? No matter how hard I try, I can't come up with the motivation to keep working...
I tend to do something completely different and try not to waste the day by battering my head against the task. If I am lacking code motivation I'll pick up some graphic design work or fire up Word and get some market research done. regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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