Left Brain (Extrinsic Tendency) vs. Right Brain (Intrinsic Tendency) Drives
I will repeat multiple times in this book that, because everything you do is based on one or more of these 8 Core Drives, when there are none of these 8 Core Drives behind a Desired Action, there is zero motivation and no action takes place. In addition, each of these 8 Core Drives have different natures within them. Some make the user feel powerful, but do not create urgency, while others create urgency, obsession, and even addiction, but make the user feel bad. Some are more short-term extrinsically focused, while some are more long-term intrinsically focused. As a result, these 8 Core Drives are charted on an Octagon not simply for aesthetic purposes, but because the placement determines the nature of the motivation.
The Octalysis Framework is arranged so that the Core Drives that focus on creativity, self-expression, and social dynamics are organized...