Steps 3 and 4 to come Ranked/valued order: ++ Live forever ++ Validation/acknowledgement ++ Desired world-states +~ Being part of something greater +~ Romance +~ Health + mental - happiness (mindset) +~ Knowledge/skill + Ability +~ Charity + improve the world - indirectly. +- Self-awareness/understanding -+ Art/creativity -+ Pleasure/recreation http://lesswrong.com/lw/mnz/list_of_common_human_goals/ Personal: -~ Spirituality - religion, connection to a god, meditation, the practice of gratitude or appreciation of the universe, buddhism, feeling of a greater purpose in life. +~ Knowledge/skill + Ability - learning for fun - just to know, advanced education, becoming an expert in a field, being able to think clearly, being able to perform a certain skill (physical skill), ability to do anything from run very far and fast to hold your breath for a minute, Finding ways to get into flow or the zone, be more rational. +- Self-awareness/understanding - to be at a place of understanding one’s place in the world, or have an understanding of who you are; Practising thinking in eclectic perspectives for various other people and how it effects your understanding of the world. +~ Health + mental - happiness (mindset) - Do you even lift? http://thefutureprimaeval.net/why-we-even-lift/, are you fit, healthy, eating right, are you in pain, is your mind in a good place, do you have a positive internal voice, do you have bad dreams, do you feel confident, do you feel like you get enough time to yourself? ++ Live forever - do you want to live forever - do you want to work towards ensuring that this happens? -+ Art/creativity - generating creative works, in any field - writing, painting, sculpting, music, performance. -+ Pleasure/recreation - are you enjoying yourself, are you relaxing, are you doing things for you. ~~ Experience/diversity - Have you seen the world? Have you explored your own city? Have you met new people, are you getting out of your normal environment? ~~ Freedom - are you tied down? Are you trapped in your situation? Are your burdens stacked up? +~ Romance - are you engaged in romance? could you be? -~ Being first - You did something before anyone; you broke a record, It’s not because you want your name on the plaque - just the chance to do it first. You got that. -~ Create something new - invent something; be on the cutting edge of your field; just see a discovery for the first time. Where the new-ness makes creating something new not quite the same as being first or being creative. -~ Improve the tools available - sharpen the axe, write a new app that can do the thing you want, invent systems that work for you. prepare for when the rest of the work comes along Personal-world: -~ Legacy - are you leaving something behind? Do you have a name? Will people look back and say; I wish I was that guy! -~ Fame/renoundness - Are you “the guy”? Do you want people to know your name when you walk down the street? Are there gossip magazines talking about you; do people want to know what you are working on in the hope of stealing some of your fame? Is that what you want? -~ Leadership, and military/conquer - are you climbing to the top? Do you need to be in control? Is that going to make the best outcomes for you? Do you wish to destroy your enemies? As a leader do you want people following you? Do as you do? People should revere you. And power - in the complex; “in control” and “flick the switch” ways that overlap with other goal-space areas. Of course there are many forms of power; but if its something that you want; you can find fulfilment through obtaining it. +~ Being part of something greater - The opportunity to be a piece of a bigger puzzle, are you bringing about change; do we have you to thank for being part of bringing the future closer; are you making a difference. ~~ Social - are you spending time socially? No man is an island, do you have regular social opportunities, do you have exploratory social opportunities to meet new people. Do you have an established social network? Do you have intimacy? -~ Family - do you have a family of your own? Do you want one? Are there steps that you can take to put yourself closer to there? Do you have a pet? Having your own offspring? Do you have intimacy? ~~ Money/wealth - Do you have money; possessions and wealth? Does your money earn you more money without any further effort (i.e. owning a business, earning interest on your $$, investing) -~ Performance - Do you want to be a public performer, get on stage and entertain people? Is that something you want to be able to do? Or do on a regular basis? -~ Responsibility - Do you want responsibility? Do you want to be the one who can make the big decisions? ~~ Achieve, Awards - Do you like gold medallions? Do you like to strive towards an award? ~~ Influence - Do you want to be able to influence people, change hearts and minds. -~ Conformity - The desire to blend in; or be normal. Just to live life as is; without being uncomfortable. ~~ Be treated fairly - are you getting the raw end of the stick? Are there ways that you don't have to keep being the bad guy around here? -~ Keep up with the Joneses - you have money/wealth already, but there is also the goal of appearing like you have money/wealth. Being the guy that other people keep up with. ++ Validation/acknowledgement - Positive Feedback on emotions/feeling understood/feeling that one is good and one matters World: ~~ Improve the lives of others (helping people) - in the charity sense of raising the lowest common denominator directly. +~ Charity + improve the world - indirectly. putting money towards a cause; lobby the government to change the systems to improve people’s lives. ~~ Winning for your team/tribe/value set - doing actions but on behalf of your team, not yourself. (where they can be one and the same) ++ Desired world-states - make the world into a desired alternative state. Don't like how it is; are you driven to make it into something better? Other (and negative stimuli): -- Addiction (fulfil addiction) - addiction feels good from the inside and can be a motivating factor for doing something. -- Virtual reality success - own all the currency/coin and all the cookie clickers, grow all the levels and get all the experience points! -- Revenge - Get retribution; take back what you should have rightfully had, show the world who’s boss. ~~ Negative - avoid (i.e. pain, loneliness, debt, failure, embarrassment, jail) - where you can be motivated to avoid pain - to keep safe, or avoid something, or “get your act together”. ~~ Negative - stagnation (avoid stagnation) - Stop standing still. Stop sitting on your ass and DO something. ------------------------------------------------- pornography why: fun piano why: fun, creating something theorem proving why: fun? weightlifting why: fun? social, health crossfit why: fun? health sleep why: health eating why: health quartet why: fun reading hpmor social events board games eating out one-off events TODO: Generate a list of your goals Prompts: Who are you? How do you spend your time? Your future Your loves Ideal world Categories: Intellectual Health Emotions Career Financial Social Fun Personal Philanthropic Ask why Focus on the 20% Generate objectives Use mental contrasting Find a trigger