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What are the true limits to motivation?
--- title: On Really Trying description: What are the true limits to motivation? created: 2009-06-23 modified: 2016-09-16 status: notes confidence: unlikely importance: 9 css-extension: dropcaps-de-zs ... > The Programmers’ Credo: we do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they were going to be easy > > [Maciej Cegłowski](https://x.com/Pinboard/status/761656824202276864) > _Student_: How can one realize his Self-nature? I know so little about the subject. > > _[Yasutani](!W)_: First of all, you must be convinced you can do so. The conviction creates determination, and
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