Finding Your Inner Motivation

Finding Your Inner Motivation
Author: Gerald Law
Publisher:
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2019-07-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781077094888

Motivation, what we all want but struggle to find. All of us are motivated in some way. However, some are motivated more than others and some lose their motivation along the way. Most people often ask, what is motivation? Where does it come from? What motivates a person? What motivates you? Why is it that most people understand the importance of goal setting and the need to set goals; however, fail to accomplish them? Is it because they forgot or lost track of their importance? Why is it that others have a drive that allows them to accomplish anything they set their minds to? Why do some fail, and others succeed? I believe the key is your inner motivation. Specifically, it starts with finding your inner motivation. This book presents a motivational framework and theory based on expert contributions, research, life experiences, and lessons learned. I found that you must first build your inner motivation through internal motivators. Then you channel it by identifying a correct path or way for your motivation to work. Once your path is determined, you can now focus your inner motivation to produce the action behaviors of dedication, initiative, and drive to accomplish long-term goals. These behaviors allow you to accomplish any goal you set. After goal accomplishment, you must reflect to gain a sense of progress, which boosts confidence and then rebuilds your inner motivation. Therefore, creating a cycle of motivation, progress, and confidence. This cycle is the secret to long-term goal accomplishment and success . My book answers the hard questions about motivation, discipline, goal setting, and goal accomplishment. It presents a motivational theory that is easy to understand and apply. This book can change your life. You can use it to set and accomplish life long goals to reach success and achieve happiness.

Drive

Drive
Author: Daniel H. Pink
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2011-04-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1101524383

The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm-shattering new way to think about motivation from the author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life. He examines the three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose-and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action in a unique book that will change how we think and transform how we live.

Intrinsic Motivation

Intrinsic Motivation
Author: Edward L. Deci
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461344468

As I begin to write this Preface, I feel a rush of excitement. I have now finished the book; my gestalt is coming into completion. Throughout the months that I have been writing this, I have, indeed, been intrinsically motivated. Now that it is finished I feel quite competent and self-determining (see Chapter 2). Whether or not those who read the book will perceive me that way is also a concern of mine (an extrinsic one), but it is a wholly separate issue from the intrinsic rewards I have been experiencing. This book presents a theoretical perspective. It reviews an enormous amount of research which establishes unequivocally that intrinsic motivation exists. Also considered herein are various approaches to the conceptualizing of intrinsic motivation. The book concentrates on the approach which has developed out of the work of Robert White (1959), namely, that intrinsically motivated behaviors are ones which a person engages in so that he may feel competent and self-determining in relation to his environment. The book then considers the development of intrinsic motiva tion, how behaviors are motivated intrinsically, how they relate to and how intrinsic motivation is extrinsically motivated behaviors, affected by extrinsic rewards and controls. It also considers how changes in intrinsic motivation relate to changes in attitudes, how people attribute motivation to each other, how the attribution process is motivated, and how the process of perceiving motivation (and other internal states) in oneself relates to perceiving them in others.

Why Motivating People Doesn't Work . . . and What Does

Why Motivating People Doesn't Work . . . and What Does
Author: Susan Fowler
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2017-02-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1626561842

A top leadership consultant says: Stop trying to motivate people! Find a powerful alternative to the carrot and stick in this science-driven guide. It's frustrating for everyone involved and it just doesn’t work. You can’t motivate people—they are already motivated, but generally in superficial and short-term ways. In this book, Susan Fowler builds upon the latest scientific research on the nature of human motivation to lay out a tested model and course of action that will help leaders guide their people toward the kind of motivation that not only increases productivity and engagement but that gives them a profound sense of purpose and fulfillment. Fowler argues that leaders still depend on traditional carrot-and-stick techniques because they haven’t understood their alternatives and don’t know what skills are necessary to apply the new science of motivation. Her Optimal Motivation process shows leaders how to move people away from dependence on external rewards and help them discover how their jobs can meet the deeper psychological needs—for autonomy, relatedness, and competence—that science tells us result in meaningful and sustainable motivation. Optimal Motivation has been proven in organizations all over the world—Fowler’s clients include Microsoft, CVS, NASA, the Catholic Leadership Institute, H&R Block, Mattel, and dozens more. Throughout this book, she illustrates how each step of the process works using real-life examples—and offers a groundbreaking answer for leaders who want to get motivation right!

100 Ways to Motivate Yourself

100 Ways to Motivate Yourself
Author: Steve Chandler
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2008
Genre: Large type books
ISBN: 1427094012

Motivational speaker Chandler highlights 100 proven methods to positively change the way people think and act, methods based on feedback from the corporate and public seminar attendees he speaks to each year.

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
Author: Carol Sansone
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2000-09-12
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0080509096

In understanding human behavior, psychologists have long been interested in what motivates specific actions. Debates have pitted extrinsic motivators (e.g. rewards/punishment) against intrinsic motivation in attempting to determine what best motivates individuals. This book provides a summary view of what research has determined about both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, and clarifies what questions remain unanswered. Divided into three sections, section I revisits the debate about the effects of extrinsic incentives or constraints on intrinsic motivation and creativity, and identifies theoretical advances in motivational research. Section II focuses on the hidden costs and benefits of different types of achievement goals on motivation and performance. Section III discusses theory and research findings on how extrinsic and intrinsic motivators may work in everyday life and over time. This book is of interest to researchers in psychology, education, and business, as well as to a wider audience interested in promoting optimal motivation and performance.Coverage in this book includes:* Debates and controversies in motivational research* Developmental nature of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation over time* Influences of parents, educators, and employers in facilitating motivation* Effect of achievement goals on learning and performance* The role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in self-regulationKey Features* Brings together major figures in the fields of motivation, education, and social psychology* Provides a mix of theory, basic and applied research* Presents research conducted both in laboratories and educational settings* Comprehensive chapters provide excellent reviews of previous literature as well as outlines important new directions* Provides different perspectives on controversial debates in a balanced, constructive manner

Tackling the Motivation Crisis

Tackling the Motivation Crisis
Author: Mike Anderson
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2021-08-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 141663035X

Packed with practical strategies you can use to create a culture of self-motivation in your school! Teachers use traditional incentive and reward systems with the best of intentions. We're trying to support students' positive behavior and learning. We're hoping to motivate and inspire students to work hard and do well in school. If everyone behaves, we'll have a pizza party. The more books you read, the more stickers you'll receive. On the surface, these systems seem to make sense. They may even seem to work. But in the long term, they do not foster intrinsic motivation or a love or learning. In fact, they often have the opposite effect. In Tackling the Motivation Crisis: How to Activate Student Learning Without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, or Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems, award-winning educator and best-selling author Mike Anderson explains * The damage done by extrinsic motivation systems and why they are so hard for us to give up. * What intrinsic motivation looks like and the six high-impact motivators—autonomy, belonging, competence, purpose, fun, and curiosity—that foster it. * How to teach the self-management and self-motivation skills that can make a difference for kids. * How to use intrinsic motivation in curricula and instructional strategies, feedback and assessment, and discipline and classroom management. Ultimately, our job as teachers is not to motivate our students. It's to make sure that our classrooms and schools are places that inspire their intrinsic motivation and allow it to flourish. Anderson shows how you can better do that right away—no matter what grade level or subject area you teach.

Intrinsic Motivation and Self-determination in Exercise and Sport

Intrinsic Motivation and Self-determination in Exercise and Sport
Author: Martin Hagger
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2007
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780736062503

A leading group of experts in motivation provide a resource for advancing research and application. It contains the essentials of self-determination theory and an overview of research in motivation in a physical activity context.

Intrinsic Motivation at Work

Intrinsic Motivation at Work
Author: Kenneth W. Thomas
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2009-04-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1576755924

This breakthrough book provides a comprehensive discussion of intrinsic motivation in the workplace--the psychological rewards workers get directly from the work itself.

Behavioral Neuroscience of Motivation

Behavioral Neuroscience of Motivation
Author: Eleanor H. Simpson
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 584
Release: 2016-05-11
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319269356

This volume covers the current status of research in the neurobiology of motivated behaviors in humans and other animals in healthy condition. This includes consideration of the psychological processes that drive motivated behavior and the anatomical, electrophysiological and neurochemical mechanisms which drive these processes and regulate behavioural output. The volume also includes chapters on pathological disturbances in motivation including apathy, or motivational deficit as well as addictions, the pathological misdirection of motivated behavior. As with the chapters on healthy motivational processes, the chapters on disease provide a comprehensive up to date review of the neurobiological abnormalities that underlie motivation, as determined by studies of patient populations as well as animal models of disease. The book closes with a section on recent developments in treatments for motivational disorders.