Originally posted by CoolMyth:
How do you motivate yourself to do whatever you need to do now? Going to school, going to work etc.
What is your motivation in life? That education cert? The coming pay-check etc.
Last week TNP column, I think. That guy was talking about making work less monotonous and making your life more meaningful, I think. The key point is motivation. The same question ponders me for quite some time. Currently, I still dun have a clear answer.
What's your view?
Basically, there are 2 types of motivation, the extrinsic and intrinsic.
Extrinsic motivation involve materialistic which do not last, but yet very powerful at times. Money is a good example of extrinsic motivation. As you are motivated because you get the reward if you do it well. But money or materialistic motivation may not be long, once removed, there is no urge for motivation.
Instrinic motivation involve emotion, usually it last for a long time, a pyschological effect that makes one wish to do it over and over again.
Such motivation do not need money, all it need is sincerity and understanding, example like when a teacher praisied a student of him improving on his school work, care for him, the student tends to be motivate to perform better, and he will always keep in his mind. Same goes to work, if you get a good leadership superior who knows how to motivate you, he/she care for you, understand you, praise and recognise you for your good work, you are very much motivated to work for him or the company even if the paid is not up to mark.
As Love is an emotion, therefore it fall under intrinsic motivation, if you have a good relationship in bf and gf, you tends to be happy and more lovely, and naturally more motivated to do other things.
There are many tools and programs being designed such as the maslow's hierrachy of motivation, Hezborg's motivation factors etc etc.
Self motivation can also fall under intrinsic or extrinsic, example, alots of sportmen uses intrinsic motivation to excel themselves to win in sports, such as, i trained so hard, now is the time, i must try my best, i must try to win it for my parents and family, to bring glory to my country, they also uses extrinsic to motivate themselves, such as if i won this race, the money i get, i will buy a sport car for myself, i must do it.
However motivation can lead to fatal consquences when one do not understand the meaning of failure, u can motivate yourself to work, love, train or study hard, and if the outcome is a failure where you get sacked, lost or failed, it may demotivate you to depression.
Therefore, it is important to know yourself, your limit, and your goal in life before motivating yourself to excel, and as for goal, ensure it is reachable before embarking on it. Just like you hv to look at yourself in the mirror, do some reflection both physically and mentally, and ask yourself, where are you now, what are you going to achieve and what you need to achieve it. If you want to go for a gal you like, you need to do a research of yourself, do you fit in, what you need to change, what are the motivation factors you should adopt to make yourself going forward.
Angel 666
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