Motivation makes the world go around, not love. This is the thing that drives people to do the things that they do, say the things that they say and create the things that they make. It is even partly responsible for the choices that we make in our jobs, in our courses in college and even in our partners in life.
Motivation is what drives people and it serves as the lifeblood of people, the one that propels them to go on and on, never mind the hunger or the tiredness. Not all people however are motivated the same way. In fact, there are people who ant to have different things for different reasons. It is unfortunate that people do not realize this. Otherwise, it will be very easy to deal with people and well to manipulate them in a way.
Here are some of the different motivations that people subscribe to. Read on and you might find one that will help you deal with people close to you. It might even help you deal with your own self.
1. Achievement
This people are those that wants to work, work and work. They don’t need to be given money, rewards or anything of the sort to work. They work for the sake of the work and not for anything else. When you are looking for people, this is the kind of employees that you might want to consider. These people are dedicated and often, they are the ones who are persistent and have a high energy levels. They also want to be given responsibilities and when they have achieved something, they will get right on to doing the next one without even resting.
2. Affiliation
You might wonder what others are thinking why they just give up their careers for love. You see women who dedicate their lives to serve their husbands and you cringe at the choices that they have made. But this is because your motivation is not the same as theirs. What motivates these people is their need for affiliation. These people need love in their lives. This is the only thing that they aim for. It’s not important for them to have a career or to achieve something in life, they just want to have people love them and have a support system.
3. Security
These people care for the future. They are already thinking of their future in old age even if they are still in their 20s. Often these are the people who are into material possessions because they feel that having money will secure their future for them. Besides money, these people also want to have properties and all kinds of assets. Having a steady job is also important to them. Change is not something that these people can abide.
4. Nurturance
These people are the natural mothers of the world. They have the constant need to mother people or to care for someone. Often, people go to them when they want to comforted or just to have someone to listen to them. They are nurturing and motherly in their attitudes towards people and would be great teachers, counselors and mothers.
There are different types of motivation and each person has a different set. This is what sets people apart and what makes the world so much more interesting and alive.
April 1st, 2009
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How Understanding Motivation and Emotion can help you Become Healthier
Understanding motivation and emotion are linked can be the key factor in helping yourself transform your life into making lifestyle choices that will allow you to become healthier. If you know that how you feel about something is going to affect how successful you are at it, then you can try and stop yourself from thinking negatively about what you have to do, or what you have to give up, and concentrate instead on the positive side of what you will achieve.
For example, if you are told by your doctor that you must lose weight, understanding motivation and emotion will allow you to realize that if you concentrate your thought processes on how much you weigh every day and stress about every pound not lost, if you think about all the things you love to eat and drink which are now denied to you, then you are not likely to keep to the healthy eating plan your doctor wants you to follow. Read up so that your understanding of motivation and emotion is better, and follow any exercises it gives you to turn your negative thoughts into positive ones. Instead of thinking about what you’re not allowed to eat and depriving yourself of all candy, motivate yourself by allowing yourself a small bar of candy at your weekly weigh-in if you have lost weight. That’s a good reward as it allows you a little of what you’re no longer supposed to have as part of your normal diet, but at the same time, it lets you feel as if it’s not quite 100% off limits. This is a perfect example of how understanding motivation and emotion can help you to accomplish a healthier lifestyle without feeling as if you are being denied any of the things that you really enjoy, because it’s the deprivation of these things that can create the destructive emotions that would sabotage your best efforts.
Someone who has an addiction could also benefit from understanding motivation and emotion in action. Although the reward for abstaining from the substance or other addictive process can’t be connected to this, a suitable reward in shape of something else that’s enjoyed can be used instead.
In both the case of stopping an addiction, and starting healthier living practices, using an understanding of motivation and emotion can also work in a group environment. This doesn’t work for everyone as some people are more successful on their own, but many people find that a group dynamic helps them to get adrenalin going and improving their motivation for continuing something, and so they feel better about doing it, and it goes better until the practice of having to eat healthier, or exercise regularly, or not smoke or inject is not so much a thought process, but more of a subconscious habit that no longer requires any understanding of motivation and emotion at all!
The creation of a good habit could be the goal that you are really looking for when you start out with your lifestyle change. Using an understanding motivation and emotion process can really help you get the momentum going in the early days and weeks when doing the things recommended to stop the unhealthy habits is especially difficult as you continue to dwell on what you’re missing instead of what you’re gaining. At first reading to get an understanding motivation and emotion may seem more technical than you’d like, but once you understand the basic principle of how you feel about something affects how successful you are likely to be because it affects how much effort you put into it, you’re well on your way to achieving your goal.
March 11th, 2009
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Motivation and goal setting to hand in hand. Motivation is made up of desire and belief. The individual must first have the desire to reach a specific goal. If the person doesn’t really want whatever the end result will be (a grade, a degree, an achievement of some kind), there will be no motivation and goal setting will be of no value.
What Motivates You?
Motivation and goal setting are not the same things for everyone. To get a handle on what motivates us, we need to look at our own values. Some of the things that humans value are money, status, family, love of learning, and pride in a job well done. Others are motivated by the urge to travel. To do good works, to improve living conditions for others, or to meet new people.
As we make a list of what motivates us, either a written or a mental one, we will find that some of the values are more important to us than others. Some values have to do with short-term goals, while other ones are more long-term.
It is important to keep a handle on your level of motivation and goal setting for different situations. Take the example of a student who wants to get good grades but can’t quite seem to get there. Are they as motivated as they think they are? Have they taken the time to break down the ultimate goal into smaller steps (goals) along the way? Are there other distractions getting in the way of the student achieving his or her goals?
Motivation and Goal Setting
If you are truly motivated to achieve (you want to reach the goal and are prepared to do what is necessary to get there), how do you come up with goals?
First of all, get a clear mental picture in your mind of what you want to achieve. What does it look like and feel like to you? Next, try to break the big goal down into some smaller steps that make sense to you.
Using the example of a student once again, let’s say that the person wants to improve his or her mark in a certain class by one grade level (moving from C to B or B to A). How can they achieve that goal? How does motivation and goal setting work in this case?
The motivation and goal setting might come from a desire to graduate with honors or to be accepted into graduate school. Since some potential employers of recent college graduates do ask for an official transcript as part of the application process, that might be a good reason to do one’s best.
The next step is to come up with some ways to achieve that goal. To improve grade in a course, it might be helpful to join a study group. Discussing course work with fellow students is a great way to find out if you are on the right track. The group will also give participants the opportunity to bounce ideas off each other and perhaps indulge in some friendly debates. If you are finding a certain part of the course content difficult to get a handle on, the other members of the group are there to help. Sometimes all it takes to get a better understanding of a certain portion of the work is to have someone explain it in a slightly different way.
Another part of the student’s motivation and goal setting plan might be to find a fellow student interested in earning some extra cash as a tutor or to ask the professor if there are any opportunities for extra credit.
As we can see from this example, motivation and goal setting really do go hand in hand.
February 27th, 2009
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Motivation is what keeps us going. It is the reason people succeed and the reason people fail. Motivation is the drive someone has to complete a task. The ingredients of motivation are combined with many factors which include simplicity, attitude, the people you hang around, the way you think, knowing yourself, helping other people and so much more. The purpose of this e-book is to take you through methods you can practice on a daily basis to remain motivated. These techniques can help you feel better about yourself in everything you do. You can take these methods with you when you go to work and when you are at home. Motivation is the spark everyone needs to make it throughout the day, to set and meet goals, and more. Without motivation you will fail. When you have apathy toward something you are not motivated because you couldn’t care either way. This is the worst attitude you can have because it isn’t negative either. Someone who feels this way isn’t capable of achieving anything because they don’t care if they do or not. If you are feeling this way this e-book is exactly what you need to help you overcome your attitude and begin feeling motivated again. When you know how to remain motivated with yourself you can also help others because your attitude will be contagious. When you practice daily motivational techniques eventually they will come to you naturally. At first some of these methods may be difficult for you to do or to remember. It will take time for you to begin to naturally practice and follow these techniques.
December 1st, 2008
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Intrinsic motivation (also known as internal motivation) is basically defined as motivation that comes from within oneself. Whenever you are motivated to do something without external (or extrinsic) influence, you are experiencing intrinsic motivation. An example of intrinsic motivation is interest in a hobby or anything else that provides you with enjoyment. There is usually no external reason or external reward for engaging in an intrinsically motivated activity. Intrinsic motivation encourages you to perform an activity for enjoyment.
Extrinsic Motivation
Extrinsic (or external) motivation is the opposite or intrinsic motivation. When one is motivated by a reward (for example, money or a prize), praise, or recognition for engaging in an activity, he/she is extrinsically motivated. An example of extrinsic motivation would be working for payment or doing something to win a contest with a reward (either praise or a tangible reward). It is generally accepted that an extrinsically motivated activity is less enjoyable than an intrinsically motivated activity. The reason for performing an extrinsically motivated activity is not enjoyment, but rather personal gain.
Intrinsic Motivation vs. Extrinsic Motivation
Many researchers argue that the division between intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation is not so cut and dry. Some activities defined as intrinsically motivated might require extrinsic motivation in some individuals, or vice versa. It is also sometimes hard to differentiate between the two types of motivation. For example, a man might enjoy running and competing in races. When he winds a race, he feels enjoyment. He also feels enjoyment at winning money as a result of winning the race. So, he has gained enjoyment, a feeling of personal accomplishment, and a monetary reward. Is his motivation to win the race intrinsic motivation or extrinsic motivation?
Can Extrinsic Rewards Reduce Intrinsic Motivation?
It has also been found that extrinsic rewards can reduce intrinsic motivation. When an employee is intrinsically motivated, he/she tends to view the big picture and take pride in his/her work in general. When an extrinsic reward is introduced, such as a monthly reward or a quota prize, the employee’s focus can centralize on the time period and winning the prize. The intrinsic motivation may become less of a factor. The employee’s productivity may increase as he/she works for the prize, but general job satisfaction may in fact decrease because the internal drive to perform well has been overwhelmed by the desire to win the contest.
Cognitive Evaluation Theory
The cognitive evaluation theory states that the level of intrinsic motivation to continue a particular activity increases as a person overcomes sequential challenges they are presented with. In other words, as a person’s confidence with their competency in a certain activity increases, so does his/her intrinsic motivation. This theory has helped teachers increase intrinsic motivation in students. By praising students for small achievements, the student’s confidence in the activity grows and the student is then intrinsically motivated to learn more. This theory is also useful in teaching children’s sports activities. By praising small achievements, and limiting criticism of weaknesses, the child develops intrinsic motivation to keep trying harder and push himself/herself to success.
Intrinsic Motivation and Education
Methods of increasing intrinsic motivation in students is continually studied in the area of education. Teachers hope to find the right levels of extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation in their lesson plans and methods of teaching to develop increased levels of intrinsic motivation for learning. Many theories and models exist, but it is up to the individual teachers to decide the best way to develop intrinsic motivation in each student to produce a student body that desires to learn for enjoyment, and not a reward.
October 18th, 2008
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