Motivation 101 (Blog 3)

Push It To The Limit

(Google)

Motivation, it's what drives us, pushes us, makes us try our hardest. Where does it come from? What encourages us to get through that 30 page essay that is due tomorrow? Well, that's what society today is still trying to figure out. Really think about this one, why do you go to school and try your best? Why do you study for your test? Everyone has their own reasons, some are from their parents, family,and friends pushing them. For others, it is to feel like they can accomplish things. What's your reason for motivation?

In studies, it has been proven that when a reward is given, people tend to do slower. If you have something to accomplish and people pay you to do it, you will usually finish the task later than you usually would. Thinking about it now you are are probably saying, "No way! If someone payed me to do something, I would definitely do it faster and try harder!" Maybe your parents pay you for your grades. For every A and B you get you get X amount of money. That would encourage me to try harder, but what works better than motivation from others around you is self motivation and drive. As Dan Pink says, there are three things that can help you with finding your motivation and the source of your motivation, autonomy, mastery, and purpose.

Autonomy is the quality of driving your self and being independent. You push yourself on your own without any one or any thing else motivating you. Mastery is taking control of your motivation. You choose what you do and use your own creativity with our any one else persuading you what you should do. You grasp what the situation is and motivate yourself to handle it. Purpose is why are you doing this? What is the point of motivation? When accomplishing your action, you have to know why you're doing it.

With these three simple motivation helpers, you can accomplish anything you need to do. If you are in charge of a buisness,know that self direction works better. Let people have freedom in their schedules, let them do work when they need/want to do it, and the work will get done better and faster. "There's a mismatch between what science know and business does,"explained Daniel Pink. So let people find there own motivation in life and try their best. In life, you can only go so far without motivation.

(Google)

Works Cited

"Google Images." Google. Web. 19 Apr. 2011. .

"Google Images." Google. Web. 19 Apr. 2011. .