Great article Jon! For me, it was interesting to reflect and explore how each archetype FEELS. My first intuition was that I am (or want to be) more of a culture shaper or entrepreneur, but that felt rather head-driven... while the connector felt up-lifting in my soul. I guess like with any good story, there's a difference between what kind of archetype we WANT to be vs. who we NEED to be.
It takes a lot of self-awareness to recognize the difference. Perhaps more than I possess??? 😅
The connection to character goals (vs. their internal issue) is definitely not lost on me and I hope that one day those two things can align for all creatives.
It's all a weird, new-age alchemy that I'm sure will be quantifiable by some AI computer system in a couple years time...
I think you laid out all the necessary steps to reach that self-awareness nicely, and the difference in approach is basically established in the introduction in regards to external vs internal motivation, or later with outcome vs process. Eventually, it's a continuous process of who we are, how we see ourselves, and how we want to be seen by others, while all of that can also change. But just assessing the various motivation archetypes helps to dig deeper to find a creative process that's best suited to yield results.
Great article Jon! For me, it was interesting to reflect and explore how each archetype FEELS. My first intuition was that I am (or want to be) more of a culture shaper or entrepreneur, but that felt rather head-driven... while the connector felt up-lifting in my soul. I guess like with any good story, there's a difference between what kind of archetype we WANT to be vs. who we NEED to be.
It takes a lot of self-awareness to recognize the difference. Perhaps more than I possess??? 😅
The connection to character goals (vs. their internal issue) is definitely not lost on me and I hope that one day those two things can align for all creatives.
It's all a weird, new-age alchemy that I'm sure will be quantifiable by some AI computer system in a couple years time...
I think you laid out all the necessary steps to reach that self-awareness nicely, and the difference in approach is basically established in the introduction in regards to external vs internal motivation, or later with outcome vs process. Eventually, it's a continuous process of who we are, how we see ourselves, and how we want to be seen by others, while all of that can also change. But just assessing the various motivation archetypes helps to dig deeper to find a creative process that's best suited to yield results.
John Cleese mentions that the inside essential motivation fir the creator is the act of play and being playful.
Being with 3 brains (logical, emotional, sensorial) becoming a combination of archetypes is the fun life.
Cheers from Rio
Builder, Entrepreneur, and either Teacher or Culture Shaper. Can we only pick 3? 😭 How much external validation can I really admit I need…
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Needed this write up on Motivation today, Jon. LLM based archetypes or not. I don’t necessarily fit nicely into one of these.
Glad you enjoyed it, Robin! I find most people are a combination of at least 2-3 of these archetypes.