Motivation
My motivation comes from a place of failure. I’ve always had really good success in my career choices, but from an academic standpoint I have always played the mediocre field. I will be the first person in my family to graduate, that’s a fact. After a long day of work and coming home to tell my daughter I have homework actually excites me. She’s given me her version of how my speeches sound to her, “stay focus dad I know you can do it.” The fact that she’s actually looking for me to succeed really drives it home. She knows her daddy is taking this serious enough to lock himself away to achieve greatness.
Purpose
As a Personal Trainer, I’ve always taught my clients to write down what their purpose and goals “prior” to starting a contract with my team. It had to be something they could pin up on a bathroom mirror or the refrigerator just as a constant reminder why. I never thought I would have to give myself that same peep talk, the good thing is my purpose is solid. I want to achieve my degree because I have avoided this journey my entire life. I want to be able to stand out amongst my peers at work because of the efforts I will be applying here. I know this may be my last opportunity to get this done, so my I am going to be laser focused along this journey.
Discipline
I think once you have found the right motive there should not be anything that can stop you. I get up every day to workout at three am, so setting aside a few hours during the week to
Motivation keeps me intrigue, keeps me striving in what I do what professionally and in my personal life with either learning a new skill or simply learning a new subject. Motivation is both external and internal as learned in Chapter 2 of “Cornerstone: Creating Success through Positive Changes”. I would say my biggest motivations are my two kids. They keep me wanting to do better; not only for me but for them as well. Not only to motivate them but wanting for them to excel in whatever they would choose for a career path. I need to keep pursuing a higher education and not become stagnate with nothing to fall back on. While in the military I’ve enjoyed my time and serve honorably but I do know this is not what I want to do for the rest of
Encouragement plays a significant role in my success. Without encouragement, the achievement won't come true. Juliet Ferking, the author of "A Drive to Achieve the Extraordinary" from This I Believe: Life Lessons, tells her story about
Lately, I’ve been writing about motivation because, it being the start of the school year, I am dying to know how to help my students (nearly all of whom start the year wanting to do well) persist in motivating themselves to do the year’s work and achieve a year’s worth (or more) of growing into people who will flourish long-term. Motivation is their job, and it’s my job to teach them how to do their job better.
As you may have heard, Mr. Swift has made a very modest proposal about what to do with the situation of starvation among adults. Mr. Swift has proposed that after a year of a child's birth, they be eaten if the family wishes. I, being a mother of a baby, currently, could not approve of this proposal more. Me and my husband together, concur, this will allow us to not go hungry, but also fulfill our wish to have another baby. We've always wanted more kids, but we only desire a baby. We don't want them after they have grown older. We already have an older son. Now, with this proposal, we won't go hungry and we can stay full for months on end and all I must do is push out a baby. No big deal.
Everyone has something that drives them to succeed every day. Some people feel a need to compete with others around them while others feel they need to make their families proud. For me there are two major factors that encourages me to try my best. One is to show my parents that everything they have done for me has not been a waste and the other is my curiosity.
Motivation: My motivation is myself and my kids. Providing a better and secure future for my family. I’m striving to do my best at everything in my life right now. I’m the glue that holds my little family together and it’s very important that I never give up, and I continue to reach all of the goals I have set for myself to be a successful mother, student and Addiction Counselor.
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
Motivation is the number one driving force behind anything and everything an individual does each day. “Motivation is the desire to do the best possible job or to exert the maximum effort to perform an assigned task. Motivation energizes, directs, and sustains human behavior directed towards a goal.” (Honor, 2009). Motivation can determine the outcome of projects, goals, and can set limits on what an individual can obtain or what they believe they can obtain. Motivation often is the deciding factor on how successful a project in an organization is, and an individual’s needs and desires can both influence a person’s motivation greatly. Motivation can also determine how well an individual does in school, college, or university.
The article I chose talks about motivation in the business world. As It goes in depth of ways to help employees by simply motivating them and how that could be the biggest difference of how they perform in their job. It also talks about the significance of understanding your employee as an individual and human being and what abilities work best for them. As opposed to just focusing on work related tasks and not understanding an employee’s mental approach. The way the article tries to explain it, is by emphasising on 6 factors. Which is communication, professionalism, management style, training, recognition, and fun. Each factor is thoroughly detailed and explains how to effectively use it to help the employee be more successful and how that will ultimately help with the business as a whole. As well touches on that being a good person is the main objective and everything comes after. As creating a friendly work environment where everyone feels included is the root of a successful company.
motivated. Some rewards included small activities like watching educational movies or enjoying some healthy juice from BOOST stores mostly after my exercise sessions. It has been suggested that reinforcement such as self-rewards work as good motivators for changing behaviours (Bond 2014). Intrinsic motivators (pride in achievement) and extrinsic motivators or external incentives (material) both motivators are believed to be useful for positive reinforcement in behavioural changes, especially in the early stage of change (Bond 2014). Both internal and external rewards act as stimulation that drives an individual to adopt or change behaviour (Bond 2014).
Sometimes it’s easier for someone else to motivate a person than for that person to motivate themselves, but I believe the theory discussed in the book “MIND OVER MOOD” that a person has to change the way they think in order to change how they feel. If they change their perspective on things their motivations will change too. Motivation to me is this - setting goals, hammering into your mind to finish what you’ve started, associating with motivated people and positive thinkers, and being persistent and patient.
Since one of my main studies in the master problem was in the field of local housing market, I have some knowledge in housing policy and the relative fields, such as the rule and development of rent, employment and resident income. In addition, I have about 2 years of experience engaging in market research in the commercial real estate market in Guangzhou, China.
In a small part, every aspect of my life motivates me to strive for my dreams. My family; parents, brothers, sisters, cousins, nephews and nieces motivate me and push me harder to achieve my goals and aspirations. Me being the first in my family to graduate high school, and enter into college is a tremendous amount of pressure. I want to be able to prove to them that they can reach their dreams no matter how old or young, if they are determined. Mainly, I want to show them that everything is obtainable if you work for it. My boyfriend motivates me to be the best verision of myself that I can be, we both chose to go to SFA together, after I stated I wasn’t interested in going to college. He motivates me to be better, faster, stronger and more determined. He teaches me to set high goals and reach them. Lastly, my coworkers motivate me to continue to improve my already strong work ethic. As their manager, they depend on me to teach them how to succeed in our work environment. Having people look up to me motivates me to no end. I love to set examples and be a leader to show people anything is possible.
Motivation is one of the most discussed topics in the present era’s organisations, especially since renowned psychologists like Maslow and Herzberg are dedicating their efforts to understanding it. Companies are investing a significant amount of resources in improving productivity in order to maximise profits. One of these important resources is of human nature. In order to get the very best out of employees, some motivational approaches need to be used. But what is motivation and how do I successfully motivate? I will try to relate one of my personal experiences with a friend to some of the most influential motivational theories. After introducing my story and making a definition of motivation I will address the ideas of Taylor,
My father's motivation has always been a characteristic I have admired. He always puts in the time to do what is necessary even if he doesn't want to. I have definitely learned to be more motivated from him but I could still use some more help with motivation regarding school work. Whenever I lack the motivation to do something I think to myself ”What would my dad be doing and what am I doing differently.” A perfect example of his motivation is when we were redoing our deck. The boards of our old deck were an ugly brown and were beginning to split. So he not only rebuilt the deck but also put an addition onto it. After a long day of work in the scorching summer sun, he would come home and start back to work on the deck. He would take his shirt off because it had