Thursday, March 27, 2008

Discovering Intrinsic Motivation

by Michael J

If you are like me, you probably have had at least one day where you were moving slow and felt sluggish. You want to pursue your business pursuits, but you feel a resistant emotion towards the idea. So, you drag yourself to your desk and start to work. The realization for your own skills and abilities becomes obvious to you again as you start to draw on you own source of inspiration. Your own inspiration starts to evolve to intrinsic motivation and this carries you to a successful conclusion.
Understanding Intrinsic Motivation
It would be nice to be able to draw on intrinsic motivation emotion on a daily basis. However, the fact remains that this is often not possible. This isn't of greatest concern to a lot of people. The truth of the matter is that there is no reason to be concerned over the lack of intrinsic motivation. A decrease in personal intrinsic motivation is something to look out for. It's not that big of a deal because activating it is relatively simple if you know the steps.
Developing Intrinsic Motivational Drive
We all suffer at times from a lack of intrinsic motivational drive. That being the case all one needs to do is simply take the steps necessary to activate one's own intrinsic motivation. Just like any undertaking of worth there will be some effort required. The amount of effort required to get back on track is a small amount compared to it's alternative. Changing ones habitual ways of observing or acting is usually all that is needed.

It's been commonly to referred to in motivational literature but it takes 21 days to form a new habit. This being the case then you should commit to spending three weeks of your life to cultivating the new habit of intrinsic motivation. If you make this commitment then you will be giving yourself the best gift possible. Your paradigm will determine if this idea works for you or doesn't.
Conclusion
Now that you know this simple explanation on intrinsic motivation, how will you use it? Other ways of activating your motivation can include but are not limited to listening to a popular motivational speaker, reading inspirational quotes and engaging in similar activities. All it takes is the effort to get started and you will soon find yourself in that familiar motivational state.

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