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## Notes
- [[Fulfilling moments are based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs]]
- Naturally, most of our moments come from ages 18-30 since that is when we have a lot of our firsts
### Moments of Elevation
(incorporate at least 2 of methods)
- Increase sensory pleasure
- Smell is strongest for memory
- Raise the stakes
- high rewards require long-term memory, which results in more attention on the moment
- Rewrite the script
- Transcend beyond traditions and routines to experience novelty
- Find common scripts and routines in your life that you can add variety and more meaning to
- > We feel most comfortable when things are certain, but we feel most alive when theyβre not
- Types of scripts
- One-off events like hotel
- Easier to
- Repetitive, everyday experiences
- don't make a new script - variable reward
- Obstacles for elevation
- We may not feel like elevating non-urgent moments
- If they're important though, we should
- Practicality may influence us to lessen it
### Moments of Insight
- Put yourself in a situation to confront your own uncomfortable truths
- Steps
- Have a clear truth and conclusion you are aiming for
- Have a short time frame for faster revelation
- Usually requires us to push ourselves, which is best done by mentors since they have experience and know what is possible
- Come to the realization yourself
- Show, don't tell
- Why observational learning is better
- Reduce the influence of ego in the situation
- Stepping out of comfort zone leads to self-insight, an understanding of your values, abilities, goals, and motivations
- In [[Thinking fast and slow]], peak experiences are the reference points on moments, which we use to determine its cost for whether to do it again
- Can't internalize the truth if you don't internalize the problem
- Mentor others
- Set high expectations
- Express confidence
- Provide direction
- Assure support
### Moments of Pride
- Celebrate small wins
- Milestones
- Create levels or find meaning in the tasks towards a goal
- Recognition
- Recognizing other people's accomplishments are memorable because of how little it's given in today's society
- People value consistent recognition over final
- Courage
- Stand up for injustice or our beliefs - be proud that you are acting in accordance with values
- To reduce friction of actualizing courage, have preloaded responses for common situations
### Moments of Connection
- Create a shared moment
- Shared pride
- Allow for VOLUNTARY struggle
- Allow for autonomy
- Reconnect with the meaning, [[Start with why]]
- [[Intimacy]]
## Queries
### Notes
```dataview
list from [[]] AND !outgoing([[]]) AND !#input AND !#thought AND !"Hidden"
sort file.mtime desc
```
### Inputs
```dataview
table Tags as Type, Links, Created
from [[]] AND #input AND !"Hidden" AND !outgoing([[]])
sort file.mtime desc
```
### Thoughts
```dataview
table Created
from [[]] AND #thought AND !"Hidden" AND !outgoing([[]])
sort file.mtime desc
```