Interesting take. It's indeed mostly about committing to something on the long term and doing the grunt work which begets creativity. It's not just motivation between grit teeth or waiting to be blessed by a muse. Those won't get you as far in your craft.

It's fine to surround yourself with people smarter than you. It's a good thing... except if they are competitive. Then it can become a curse and kill your motivation.

Feeling blocked? Maybe try a few of those things on your project.

Or why you should know why you're picking a new tech stack... or not. Don't just blindly follow fashions.

This is still a good framework to think about what motivate developers in a team. Not everyone is the same.