Presentation to my talk on online conference

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What motivates me - keys for passion,
performance and inspiration
Mukhina Svetlana

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Introduction
https://www.linkedin.com/in/svetlanamukhina
Svetlana Mukhina
ICAgile ICP, ICP-ATF, ICP-BVA, PSM I, CSPO
Agile and Career Coach at Luxoft Agile Practice
Experience: 13+ years in IT, Project and department management,
Computer Linguistics, Technical Writing, Quality Assurance
Interests: Project management, Agile transformation, Career and
performance coaching, Psychology
Hobbies: Horse riding, music, poker, travelling

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What is motivation?

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What Why How

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Make Sense
Necessary
for health How
 Why and what for you do this?
 5 why technique
 How would you know that you get it?
 Remind 5 cases of activities that made
sense for you in the past?
 Look for the pattern
 What of it you do now?

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Remove
Impediments
Choose easy
way How
 Make the way to activity as shorter as possible
 Define must actions
 Make it visible
 Find allies, limit time with demotiva

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Think Positive Less stress How Notice 3 positive situations during a day
 Use Losado ratio “We need three positive
emotions to lift us for every negative
emotion that drags us down.”

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Influence
Feel
empowerment How
 What you can influence at work, family,
hobbies?
 Create a list of Can and Can’t for a particular
case
 Define action items
 Remember about learned helplessness
 Find time and person to tell a story of your
complains
 I know, I can, I do, I’m
 Let others influence you
They
You
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Stop
Multi-Tasking
Damage for brain How
 Define short work-cycles
 Turn-off notifications
 Stay 100% focused
 Plan your work for a day
 Gather metrics

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Gamify
Willingness
brings
productivity
How
 Design your game
 Define goal
 Setup rules, limitations
 Celebrate success

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Sleep Well
Maximum
of cognitive
functions
How
 Less light 1h before sleep
 Darkness and silence are necessary
 Go to sleep at the same time
 Have a ritual of going to sleep
 Insomnia should be treated

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Be in flow
Effective
and
resourceful
How
 Clear goal
 Challenging task, challenge on 4%
higher then mastery
 3 areas of attention: I, you and situation
 Be aware of your emotions
 3 simple activities to step into flow

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Generate
energy How
 Start initiatives
 Be active, do sports
 Understand you energy cycles, use day or
week calendar
 Create comfortable work environment
 Stay curious
You can have as
much as you wish

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Learn from people,
business, life How
 Know your ways of learning
 Focus vs big picture
 What you would like to get? How will you
know that you get it? What skills you
need to get it? What will you do to get it?
 What is your first step for your goal?
 What you did for your goal today?
 4 coffees with experts
 What is you main question for the
situation?
Expand and enrich
your knowledge

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Integrate HowUse on practice
 Define what you would like to do regularly
 Learn English
 Do sports
 Read books
 How often and how much time it will take?
 Make a schedule of your week
 Find a free slots for desired activity.
 e.g. every Tuesday at 6pm I go to gym for 1h
 Make visualization
 a picture how you approach gym at 5 30pm
 what you do in the gym
 what you do afterwards

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Design Your Motivation Model
4 coffees
with experts
Start
initiatives
Less light
1h before
sleep
Define
short work-
cycles
Use
Losado
ratio

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Time for reflection
Answer one of these questions:
• What are you going to apply on practice?
• What do you start doing in a different way?
• What do you continue doing?
• What do you stop doing?

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Presentation is here

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To Read/Watch
 7 источников энергии в работе - Филипп Гузенюк - https://vimeo.com/97670588
 5 Techniques for effective self-coaching - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/follow-up-webinar-5-
techniques-effective-svetlana
 The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and
Performance at Work Hardcover by Shawn Achor
 Getting Unstuck: Breaking free of the Plateau Effect by Bob Sullivan and Hugh Thompson
 The surprising truth about what motivates us by Dan Pink https://youtu.be/u6XAPnuFjJc
 Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep by David K. Randall
 Motivation: Need for Achievements https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/motivation-need-
achievements-mukhina-icagile-icp-icp-atf-psm-I
 Motivation: Need for Affiliation https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/motivation-need-affiliation-
mukhina-icagile-icp-icp-atf-psm-i

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Thank you