Using your brain--for a change

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…er Jackson from after ROTK came out, before he won the various Oscars for it. He said his big motivating factor was fear -- fear that he'd wasted hundreds of millions of other people's money producing the most dreadful movie(s) ever made. Being a big fan of the LOTR books myself, and feeling that the films' screenplays and direction were both utter schlock, it occurred to me that this particular motivation may not be conducive to doing your best work! I was a fan of his previous films, which seemed to be done for the love of it. We all try to gain pleasure and avoid pain. Most of us will work harder to avoid pain, though, making it probably the more powerful motivator. However, letting it take too large of a role in your life means your quality of life is negatively affected because of living in constant fear. It becomes a habit, which he…