The Alarm clock rings! I roll over my sheets, it shows 6:00 AM.
It is Monday morning......
This is the single most dreaded moment of my life that I wish never occured. I can relate to millions of people over the world, who wish this moment never arrived. I guess this is a sign of lack of motivation.
Motivation is the act of doing somthing willingly. There are several factors that can lead to motivating someone. According to Ken Shan and Prof. Param Shah, "Motivation is a general term applied to the entire class of drivers, desires, needs, wishes and similar forces".
The following motivational concepts were identified by Ken Shan and Prof. Param Shah;
(1) Achievement Motivation: An individuals drive to pursue and attain goals
(2) Affiliation Motivation: The drive to relate to people on a social basis
(3) Competence Motivation: The drive to be good at somthing. To perform highly at work.
(4) Power Motivation: The drive to influence people and change situations if necessary.
(5) Attitude Motivation: It is, how people think and feel about themselves.
(6) Incentive Motivation: It is when an individual is rewarded for accomplishing a task.
(7) Fear Motivation: It is to make an individual accomplish a task on the basis of fear.
I currently follow the Incentive Motivation concept at work. My team lead always makes promises about giving me a raise or a promotion if I accomplish a task successfully. But, it is like chasing the carrot theory. It is a motivation as long as I feel like I can go with the program, but once I lose interest, the motivation dies with it.
Shah, K. & Shah, P. (n.d.) Motivation. Retrieved July 10, 2007, from http://www.laynetworks.com/Motivation.html.
Incentive Motivation
Fear Motivation
3 comments:
Raj,
The "carrot" motivation gets us out of bed and to our jobs. But are we really motivated? If the reward is not there, do we feel tricked? Achievement and Attitude motivation would be the most rewarding if we could only feel that way about our jobs. My cousin just left a great job to go to seminary college. She wants to do missionary work around the world. What motivates her to leave the comfort of a steady paycheck to live in impoverished country? When we are truly passionate about what we are doing, there's no limit to what we can accomplish.
Jim
Jim,
I completely agree, there are different factors that motivate different people. In my case at work it is the Carrot!! more than the Attitude or the Achievements. I guess I perceive the carrot as my motivating factor, I know it is pathetic, but it is true.
Raj
Hey now, nothing pathetic about wanting that paycheck. We're all motivated by different things and I believe that changes throughout our lives. I'm not motivated by cash anymore - but I certainly was when I was pup. We're constantly changing throughout our lives (at least I am). Monday at 6 a.m.....I get out of my bed because I know it's one day closer to the day that I re-invent my life.
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