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Understanding Motivation, Debunking The Motivation Myth

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Understanding Motivation, Debunking the Motivation Myth
By Tao De Haas | Submitted On March 01, 2012

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Motivation comes from the word 'move ' and means 'to move '. Motivation literally means; that which moves a person to a course of action. Motivation indicates a movement that is initiated by a reason or purpose. This is an important point to understand; having a reason and purpose will activate motivation. For example, it is hard to move towards something if you can 't see any reason or purpose. In other words you need a motif or good reason as to why you would put in the effort and to create some momentum and move from where you currently are. If you are keen to do something you are more likely to be motivated; you don 't have to try, you will just want do it. Remember also that you might have a reason and purpose to NOT be motivated; in that case you won 't to 'move '.

Move away or towards?

At the core we humans are very simple creatures. We either move away from something or towards something courtesy of the brain. The brain is designed to move towards reward or pleasure and move away from pain. Like any

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