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Drive

To help people make progress you need to know what drives them.

Foundations​

People need to feel that they belong.

A wharenui (meeting house) serves as metaphor for building a lives from solid foundations.

  1. Whenua: The spaces where you feel comfortable, safe and able to be yourself. It could be around your friends, at home with whānau, as part of a sports team or even at your place of study or work.
  2. Taha Whanau: Family and social well-being.
  3. Mahi Me Te Tākaro: Work and the Play must be in balance.
  4. Taha Tinana: Physical well-being.
  5. Taha Hinengaro: Mental and emotional well-being.
  6. Taha Wairua: Spiritual well-being

Fears​

People are more motivated more fear of loss than realize potential gains. Fears, uncertainty and doubt prohibit the opportunity to create value from a state of flow. General fears include:

  1. Fear Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD)
  2. Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)
  3. Irreversible Errors
  4. Change and The Unknown
  5. Failure

Social Fears:

  1. Rejection
  2. Loneliness
  3. Being judged
  4. Public speaking

Mental Health:

  1. Genetic Traits
  2. Feeling Inadequate
  3. Loss of Agency
  4. Imposter Syndrome

Physical Health:

  1. Becoming seriously ill
  2. Losing physical mobility
  3. Getting old

See fear setting practice.

Fulfilment​

Fulfilment is a state of mind.

How can you create systems to optimize time and mind+energy to live in balance?

Signals and Signs​

How do you measure a life well-lived?

  • Time multiplied by positive interactions?

  • Progression towards your inner sense of purpose?

  • Passing on tangible legacy of deeds done and useful insights?

  • Health Longevity

    • Breath
    • Nutrition
    • Physical Agility
    • Mental Fitness

  • Environment

    • Shelter
    • Surroundings

  • Emotional

  • Work

    • Purpose and Meaning
    • Capabilities vs Requirements

  • Spiritual

    • Connection

What does latest science suggest about adding years and life into your years?