Comments on: What Is Your Definition Of Motivation?

By: motivation to success

motivation to success — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:48:38 +0000

Thanks for the great insight on this topic.I think motivating yourself towards what you WANT is much better.
Why get motivated by things you DON’T want in your life,really? The same things that continue to drain energy out of you.

By: Alexander Norman John (Funny Name, Serious Marketer)

Alexander Norman John (Funny Name, Serious Marketer) — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 05:40:29 +0000

Great! I have been preaching this stuff for a long time and people can’t get it through there heads!

But, all I can do is be super encouraging to people!

I believe in people more then I believe in myself!

Great stuff once again!

Alex

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:02:44 +0000

interesting post Bob!
I suppose it could be argued that I’m diverting away from those same goals because of some other factor, but perhaps “away from” motivation isn’t completely negative.

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By: Mike at Hypnotherapy Bristol

Mike at Hypnotherapy Bristol — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:39:42 +0000

I love this subject.

For years I have been wanting to get to grips with motivation only to discover I should have been focusing on procrastination. LOL

So when I say, solving the problem of procrastination is the goal I am moving toward I think I have all the bases covered.

Carrot & Stick has worked very well for armies over the centuries, but only works because they totally control environment. I worked for a company that had only these two tools in the box. I left and so did nearly everyone else.

Motivation has been researched more heavily in the last forty years than probably any other area of psychology, mainly due to workforce productivity and it’s potential rewards from it’s finding.

What they tell us is…. we are all different and while generalisations can be made we are not rats in a maze. People have their own funny ideas about stuff!

So my approach, and the least frustrating and productive one is to treat what goes on in my head and what comes out in the form of behaviour is just one big, exciting experiment. My head is my lab.

You look at what you put in and what comes out and make adjustments accordingly until you get what you want. Sound familiar?

The same is true with influencing others. Calibration helps you know which buttons to press and takes some working out, but more broadly we have to rely on what the herd are likely to do.

Mike Orme

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