The word motivation comes from the Latin \u201dmovare\u201d and\nmeans \u201cmoving. Moving from A to B, like an arrow or a vector with two\ncomponents, a certain direction and a certain force or duration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The direction shows us what<\/strong> you are motivate to, and the force shows us how much<\/strong> you are motivated for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n People are seldom completely motivated or totally unmotivated\nas a whole. One might display less motivation for work, but at the same time\nbeing very motivated for hobbies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our prime and strong motivators are well known: sex,\nmoney of material possessions, power and status. Even if we tend to deny they\nare. In average we strongly adapt our behavior to gain one of these or avoid\nthe loss of these motivators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are 4 ways of how people display behavior, by coercion<\/strong>,\nconsidered to be the lowest level of motivation. As a matter of fact people\naren\u2019t really motivated at all, to perform the task in the first place. Often the person has little of no choice but\ndisplay a certain behavior, think about slavery or force labor e.g. in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Extrinsic\nmotivation<\/strong>: motivating people to perform a task, by a reward, or\nthe prospect of it, be it material gain, bonus, promotion, a medal, or praise.\nThis is a strong motivator, but there are two problems:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. people stop displaying the behavior as soon as the\nreward is no longer there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. people quickly adapt to a certain level of reward\nand want a stronger reward next time in order to display the same behavior. No\nadequate reward, no behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Intrinsic\nmotivation<\/strong>: the behavior which people display without having to\nbe rewarded extrinsically, things they do for fun, for themselves, things they\nenjoy. Of course this kind of motivation is more powerful and people who are\nintrinsically motivated tend to display it more frequently since they are not\ndependent on the presence of a reward or the prospect of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inspiration<\/strong>:\ngenerally seen as the highest form of motivation. People will display a certain\nbehavior even if they have to pay a price for that. Inspiration of comes from a\nperson they admire or respect, a value, or an event that changes their thinking\ninto the direction of the behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many people like to listen to motivational speakers or\nread motivational books. Often these only give a temporary motivational boost\nand people fall back in their old behavioral pattern after a few days or weeks.\nLet\u2019s face it: if you go to listen to motivational speaker or read a\nmotivational book, you weren\u2019t intrinsically motivated to start with, because\nthis is extrinsic motivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now I have heard many athletes stating how motivated\nthey are, but it the end, I tend not to listen to their words, but rather\nobserve their behavior and watch their actions instead. Often I spot is a\ndiscrepancy here. Being motivated is about what you do, not about what you say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Myself, I spend little time motivating people, in the\nlong term is has to come if you want to succeed, it has to come from the\ninside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more reading on this topic: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Maslow, A.H: A Theory of Human Motivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Higgins, E.T: Beyond pleasure and pain – how\nmotivation works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Laming, D: Understanding Human Motivation – What Makes People Tick?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hayden, J: The Motivation Myth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The word motivation comes from the Latin \u201dmovare\u201d and means \u201cmoving. Moving from A to B, like an arrow or a vector with two components, a certain direction and a certain force or duration. 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