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The Goldilocks Rule:

The Goldilocks Rule:

The Goldilocks Rule states that humans experience peak motivation when working on tasks that are right on the edge of their current abilities.

Optimal Challenge: Tasks that are at the right level of difficulty keep you engaged and motivated. They are challenging enough to be interesting but still achievable, which prevents boredom and frustration.

Balance Between Skill and Challenge: The rule emphasizes finding a balance where your skills match the challenge. If a task is too easy, it becomes boring; if it's too hard, it can lead to discouragement.

Motivation and Flow.

Incremental Progress.

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We experience peak motivation when working on tasks that are right on the edge of our current abilities. Not too hard. Not too easy. Just right.

Tasks that are significantly below our current abilities are boring. Tasks that are significantly beyond our current abilities are discouraging.

The Goldilocks Rule

The Goldilocks Rule

The Goldilocks Rule states that humans experience peak motivation when working on tasks that are right on the edge of their current abilities.

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We experience peak motivation when we are performing actions that are right on the edge our current abilities.

Not too difficult, not too easy.

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