The only answer for me is "when I try to stop thinking about it but find myself unable to". If I find that my brain is still trying to work on some problem even when I'm asleep, then there's nothing to do but work until it's solved.
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That's amazing. I have gotten to the exact opposite conclusion. If I can't shut down when I try to sleep it's a sign I'm overworked and I need to cool it.
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1. someone i care about really needs my help 2. something somehow promises to unify disparate things...there is nothing more rewarding than the creation of intuitive understanding 3. something suddenly changes my mind.. answering: why was I invested in the wrong understanding
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Learning a new medium or some other big creative learning curve that builds visual or technical literacy. I took a 3D design course a couple months ago to print something, use a CNC router, & cast in aluminum. They're such complex processes.pic.twitter.com/pASvtx1bVf
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I’ve put substantial % of savings/near-term earnings in play, and issued a call on banked social capital (ie strong requests for support) twice so far: to get into a competitive accelerator (to start a company) and to win a State Senate seat. Bc in both, success = game change.
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Large amount of money being at stake with a well-defined binary outcome based on work done in a restricted amount of time. It's worked out a couple times. Getting distracted by bunny trails (technical or biz) can also end up consuming a lot of time... you know about one of them.
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Opportunities to meaningfully escape poverty and join or rejoin the middle class after years of underemployment are good for a couple years of steady all out performance for those with confidence in their unrealized potential. Doesn't always last tho.
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When I can 1) See a direct path to the end (20-30 steps) 2) Direct a team of people (4-6, incl me) to do it Then I drive hard, regardless of deadlines - simply because we can do it. But not just me or me+1 other. Enough people where momentum really matters, can’t lose it.
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1)Being consumed by the thing (typically creative endeavors) Working on an art piece and even as a hack I 'm putting alot into it for really no big.payoff . 2)competition with onlookers I hold in high esteem. Crossfittish stuff but also Refurbishing vintage electronics stuff.
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Probably the hardest I’ve ever worked was for a dumb doomed to failure indie publishing venture a buddy and I did together. The conviction that we were at a new frontier was terrifying and intoxicating and motivating for crazy hours for months on end. Probably also being 25
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