Comments on: Bootstrapping desire, motivation, and confidence http://enjoymentland.com/2009/01/31/bootstrapping-desire-motivation-and-confidence/ A loosey goosey meditation on making an enjoyable life with a 1-person company Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Enjoymentland » Pattern #1 - Study your mistakes http://enjoymentland.com/2009/01/31/bootstrapping-desire-motivation-and-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Enjoymentland » Pattern #1 - Study your mistakes Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:11:17 +0000 http://enjoymentland.com/?p=56#comment-66 [...] Mann has me thinking about patterns for creativity. Then, the other night at Jonah Lehrer’s talk, someone from the [...] [...] Mann has me thinking about patterns for creativity. Then, the other night at Jonah Lehrer’s talk, someone from the [...]

]]> By: Buster http://enjoymentland.com/2009/01/31/bootstrapping-desire-motivation-and-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Buster Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:15:27 +0000 http://enjoymentland.com/?p=56#comment-12 I totally agree, and am on a very similar hunt for these patterns. If I had to name a few of my top contenders they would be "talk about what you want (so you can hear yourself, and be convinced)", "build in the void (so you know you're building what you really want to build instead of what you think others want you to build)", "find the enjoyment button as early as possible (the self-rewarding aspect of motivation is a great bootstrapper)". I will continue to think about this. Thank you for the great book recommendation... it was highly responsible for my own new adventure with this site's intention and direction. I totally agree, and am on a very similar hunt for these patterns. If I had to name a few of my top contenders they would be “talk about what you want (so you can hear yourself, and be convinced)”, “build in the void (so you know you’re building what you really want to build instead of what you think others want you to build)”, “find the enjoyment button as early as possible (the self-rewarding aspect of motivation is a great bootstrapper)”.

I will continue to think about this. Thank you for the great book recommendation… it was highly responsible for my own new adventure with this site’s intention and direction.

]]> By: Merlin http://enjoymentland.com/2009/01/31/bootstrapping-desire-motivation-and-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Merlin Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:38:06 +0000 http://enjoymentland.com/?p=56#comment-9 I guess I'm thinking that those 3 bullets (which were deliberately general --- by _design_, if you like), might represent three "überpatterns" that could contain those patterns that support them; cups, more than coffee, I guess. So, "Want it a lot" isn't in itself a pattern per se, but a way of saying: if you're struggling to solve the problems associated with 'going pro' by setting aside time and making sacrifices....here's _n_ patterns that can support that kind of problem-solving. And together, they may form a pattern language that shows you how this stuff goes way beyond procedural tips. As I said (to the point, I'm told, of being really annoying), I'm still working all this stuff out in my head, so this was very much a first cut. But, I'm persuaded that, for those folks who are wandering in the chasm between half-assed avocation and sustaining occupation, there are proven habits that have tended to work for the folks who've found sane, satisfying, and long-lived careers in making stuff. Now, the hard part is figuring out what each of those things might be. :-) (OT: congrats on a swell new site, my friend. This is good work you're doing.) I guess I’m thinking that those 3 bullets (which were deliberately general — by _design_, if you like), might represent three “überpatterns” that could contain those patterns that support them; cups, more than coffee, I guess.

So, “Want it a lot” isn’t in itself a pattern per se, but a way of saying: if you’re struggling to solve the problems associated with ‘going pro’ by setting aside time and making sacrifices….here’s _n_ patterns that can support that kind of problem-solving. And together, they may form a pattern language that shows you how this stuff goes way beyond procedural tips.

As I said (to the point, I’m told, of being really annoying), I’m still working all this stuff out in my head, so this was very much a first cut.

But, I’m persuaded that, for those folks who are wandering in the chasm between half-assed avocation and sustaining occupation, there are proven habits that have tended to work for the folks who’ve found sane, satisfying, and long-lived careers in making stuff.

Now, the hard part is figuring out what each of those things might be. :-)

(OT: congrats on a swell new site, my friend. This is good work you’re doing.)

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