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I have been thinking a lot about creativity because more and more this year, I have been realizing my own creative self. I have been extremely creative, working on many projects, and that has made me believe in my creativity even more. The self-perpetuating cycle that I want to be stuck in.
But, as I move through the day, I have different levels of creativity and project interest. Some projects that I am working on, I care about a lot, even if I don't make money on them. Other projects, I have very little interest in, even if I end up making money on them.
Then, I read the book, 'The As If Principle' and that said something about intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation. No matter how extrinsically motivated a creative person might be, an artist, or a writer, they are never going to perform as well or as creatively as they wish, unless they move that spectrum over to more intrinsic motivation.
It is the negative connotation that this world and creative people in general place over being paid for their creativity. They think to themselves, "I must not really care very much about being creative if I want to be paid for it." Or they think, "If I get paid for my creative work, it must not be very creative. It must be very mainstream serving the mainstream audiences."
It is weird how we self-sabotage ourselves through thoughts like this.
But that is what our imagination is all about. It can pull us into the great awesome directions. Or it can pulls us towards the depths of darkness.
My main point with this article was to highlight the importance of intrinsic motivation. If you want to do something, figure out an internal reason to do that item. Not something related to money, or fame, or fortune, or accolades.
But something related to internal joy, and satisfaction, with a job well done.
And then see the difference in the amount of productivity you are able to garner.
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