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Episode Synopsis
Happy New Year!2022 (not 2023, David) kicks-off with the Testing Peers talking about motivation.The Peers chat about what it is that wakes them up in the morning, is it duty or a drive to live our best life?What’s the point of never knowing at all? When every step I take is always too small. Maybe it’s just something I can’t admit, But lately I feel like I don’t give a shit. Motivation such an aggravation Accusations don’t know how to take them Inspiration getting hard to fake it Concentration never hard to break it Situation never what you want it to be What’s the point of never making mistakes Self-indulgence’s such a hard habit to break It’s all just a waste of time in the end Don’t care, so why should I even pretend?Motivation from All Killer No Filler (2001), Sum41, written by Deryck Whibley, Greig NoriWe talk about how, as ever, motivation is very much down to the individual, but capture lots that motivates usWord cloud comprised of the following: enjoy, purpose, making a difference, variety, challenge, people, building, growing, goal, autonomy, collaborating, money, work/life balance, caring, flexibility, environment, space, interaction, heard, supported, opportunity, & driveWe also touch on demotivators, such as monotony with meetings, environment, isolation and so on, as well as change and toxic environments.Russell points us toward Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel PinkThank you for joining us in 2021, here's to a better year in 2022!Thank you for listening. Please do get in touch if you would like to know more or would like to give us feedback to help us improve and [email protected] (https://twitter.com/testingpeers)LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/testing-peers)Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/testingpeers/)Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TestingPeers)We’re also now on GoodPods, check it out via the mobile app storesIf you like what we do and are able to, please visit our Patreon to explore how you could support us going forwards: https://www.patreon.com/testingpeersSaffron QA is a provider of recruitment and consultancy services, exclusively for the software testing industry.You can find out more at https://saffronqa.co.uk/ or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/saffron-qa/We’ve found Ben from Saffron QA to be a great partner who has signed up to the vision and values that we have set out in our Testing Peers charter and we hope that you will take the time to visit and connect with him.Support the show
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