Many Experts Argue That People Do Their Best Work When They Are Motivated by a Sense of Purpose Rather Then the Pursuit of Money

In the book GiG Americans Talk About Their Jobs, include 100’s of interviews of different people with different jobs that provide personal achievements, and goals that give these individuals the strive to work. These reasonings of why we should work point out much more than money being the outcome. Each individual interviewee has a different reason for why they work, what makes them strive to work, what makes their job’s worth going to each day. From selected interviews “Wal-Mart Greeter”, “Clutter Consultant”, “Lobbyist”, and “Orthopedic Surgeon” each represented different reasons of work;the four that stood out most to me included: Self-worth, appreciation from clients, political belief goals, and mental fulfillment.

Work signifies an important aspect of human being’s life owing to the outcomes related with it, such as economic outcomes (salary, financial incentives), social status and fulfillment of needs. This had inspired organizational scholars to explore, what motivates one to work, leading to tremendous research on work motivation. Motivation theories can be classified through three predominant approaches (Chalofsky, 2003):

What Drives Us? “Are you the type of person that is motivated by money and fame, or are you someone that is motivated by having a larger purpose in life?” There are an infinite number of factors that may push a person to excel in life. For some it may be monetary values and for others emotional satisfaction.

I agree with the belief that one must find their passion in life in order to find their purpose. If someone fails to find their passion in life they will be miserable in what their doing because their heart’s not into it. Personally my passion in life is helping others. Someone with a shared passion was Alex Scott. Duckworth

I personally do not believe you should go into the workforce with a mindset of making money. Money is not happiness. Going into any profession, one should be motivated, dedicated, and wholeheartedly know that’s what they want to do for the rest of their lives. Someone once told me you can’t do life alone. Without the qualities of Madeleine Kamman’s Holy Trinity, that is what a person’s world would be like... alone. In my opinion, one should not go into a profession only looking to benefit themselves, but with the mindset that everyday they go to work they have the privilege to help

“Money provides the best motivation for success”. This quote was said by Russell Baker (Author of No Gumption)and many might agree to this, but many people don’t agree to this. MONEY IS NOT THE BEST MOTIVATION FOR SUCCESS!!! There are many reason why and, the book (written by the person who SAID this quote)even shows this to be true. To catch you up “No Gumption” is about a boy who is living through the great depression and his mom is upset that he isn’t pulling much work around so she meets with a person who sells newspapers and he gives him a job at selling papers.

Motivation is the force that makes us do things, whether accomplishing personal goals or completing tasks at work. Most people are motivated as a result of their individual needs being satisfied, which gives them the inspiration to perform specific behaviors for which they receive rewards (Kinicki & Williams, 2011). These needs vary from person to person, as everybody has specific needs to be satisfied. When we consider factors that determine the motivation of employees, many of us think of a high salary. This answer is correct for the reason that some employees will be motivated by money, but mostly wrong for the reason that it does not satisfy other needs to a lasting degree (Bizhelp24, 2010). This supports the idea that human

People always was and always will be the purpose of everything. All inventions and improvements that came up were made thinking of people’s needs. Reframing my roll is just one of the principles found in the book helps me to understand the how essential is to focus on improving Sturt (2014) said, “that,s what reframing your role is all about: thinking about how your work affects others, looking at the larger purpose of your work and whom it benefits”(p.14). My concept of working changed after I learned this principle. Many of us tend to become more motivated at work depending the money to be paid, the reward. Of course, this is very important, however, through Great Work I learned that the real motivation comes when we work to improve people’s

Motivation may be the most misunderstood subject known to man. My guess is that most of us don't really know what motivates us. And if we don't even think consciously about what we are motivated by, thinking about what motivates others is probably going to be the furthest thing from our minds. And both of these oversights can stifle our career ascent.

I strongly believe that motivation is pre-positioned on what we believe - our convictions. Therefore, in order to know if our motives are right we have to know ourselves, examine ourselves, know what our convictions are, and have the courage to stand by them.

There are very many factors that motivate employees to do outstanding work in their jobs. Though most of them are non-monetary factors like participative decision making, work teams, challenging jobs, goals in life or in the company, power and other factors. Most of the employees that emerge in their workplace, either in a small cubicle or a mega office have got some drive that enable them to perform in their work, but the key question is, is money is the key motivation in their workplace? In this essay both sides will be argued in order to find the answer to this (Robbins, Odendaal & Roodt, 2003).

Locke (1960) proposes that intentions to work towards a goal are a major source of work motivation. Goals help us to determine the level of effort that we need to apply to a task.

When working, how much do you value what you do? For me, a part time worker in college just trying to have some extra cash on hand, I don’t seem to value my job that much. Now as I pursue my career and obtain my end goal, I will value my job as much as I valued the education it took to get there. My mind set seems to be the typical norm in America. That our education, whether long or short, has a clear connection on how we value the work we will do in the future. In Sullivan’s essay, “How to Choose a Career That Will Not Get You Rich No Matter What Anyone Tells You” Sullivan ends his essay by quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson's quote on his opinion of the value of work, "The reward of doing a thing well is to have done it." (Sullivan 412). This challenges the norm of how people view their work and suggest a different approach when looking for a career.

One of the first authors that dealt with the sources of motivation was Frederick Taylor who focussed on the overall productivity of an organisation. He linked this productivity to the effort an employee puts into their work which in turn is dependent on monetary rewards (Taylor, 1911). This theory was established in the context of the industrial age and thus is outdated for today’s analysis but it still provides a basic assumption which is often referred to by other authors. The total neglecting of a worker’s intrinsic motivators is a starting point for discussion for authors that conducted research in that area after Taylor.

I soul searched my career path to ensure my thoughts and motivations were parallel. Although, I managed a call center for many years, often versioned quitting because the position lacked fulfillment in many areas. I realized I possess the ability to lead others and get encourage them to adhere to the rules of the organization, I also documented well, lead by example, was a team player, and encouraged others to do well. As I came to a conclusion, I stopped determine what motivated me in this position. Berry (2003) discusses intrinsic and extrinsic reward systems. Intrinsic rewards are motivations that offer