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we like project sekai and vocaloid and lots of other things

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actuallyasriel
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"hard work" is bullshit. "talent" is bullshit. we need a new paradigm

it's resonance. that's all it is
it is when you are able to get satisfaction, enjoyment, etc. out of doing whatever it is you're doing, that outweighs the time and energy you put into it.

this is why people can work constantly and never take breaks and never get tired; because what they get OUT of it makes up for it. when this stops being the case for some reason, that's where burnout occurs.

when someone resonates with an activity right away to the point where they take to it and spend all their time doing it and get good really fast, we refer to that as "talent".

when someone has to take a bit of time, put some energy in learning the basics, and then it begins to resonate with them, we refer to that as "hard work".

but neither of these things are the cause. we develop skills because they return an emotional benefit that overcomes the energy being put in. we maintain habits for the same reason.

if you're not good at what you're doing yet, that doesn't mean you never will, and if you're finding it hard to motivate yourself, you need to look at why it is you're doing the thing; if it's anything other than "because i find it fun", you're not feeling that emotional return, and something needs to change.

that's my theory

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pnictogen-wing
@pnictogen-wing

it makes sense. think of a physical system that you're trying to get moving, like the stereotypical example of a child on a swing: energy is transmitted to the physical system most efficiently when there's resonance between the incoming application of energy (in this case, the child kicking on the ground and pulling on the chains and so forth) and an oscillatory mode of the system (in this case, the simple-pendulum motion of the swing.) when the applied energy is in resonance with the system, it needs only a little push every now and again, at the correct time. yelling "more! harder! faster!" all the time, i.e. acting like a typical boss, will only make the system less efficient.

the thing is, though, the manager isn't really part of the system he's managing; he's outside it, living a very different sort of life. the boss lives a life of "more! harder! faster!" all the time because their purpose isn't to keep machinery smoothly running; it's smashing their way to the top of a mountain of success, and running things smoothly is very much a secondary consideration in such a life. ~Chara

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actuallyasriel
@actuallyasriel

this does happen a lot, regrettably. when i've managed projects in the past i've instead tried to encourage my team members' resonance. it's so much more fun to chat and engage than to sit up on high and bark commands. i wish more managerial types would catch onto that

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IkomaTanomori
@IkomaTanomori

I think there's something to this, but it's not whole yet. It's a good philosophical direction, though. There's scope here for observations on, say, alienated labor ala Marxist theory, and many other things. I'd love to see you develop this idea more in the context of other research that's been done on psychological satisfaction with activities, work life balance, motivation/discipline, emotional and mental energy reserves, taste and preference formation, etc.

In short: I think it's a theory worth exploring.

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IkomaTanomori
@IkomaTanomori

No obligation, just mentioning that if and when you ever feel like it, there are others who have thought and studies along similar lines to what you put here. It need not only be a void, for there are other people here too. So if nothing else be reassured that you're not alone in thinking so.

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