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Car is vehicle – If you have no good drive in you, your life will not be steered through a good direction. It will miss its destined station. Passion or drive is what moves the vehicle of a fulfilled life.

Unless we are self motivated we cannot reach to our goal.

What is self motivation? Ability to do what needs to be done, without influence from other people or situations. People with self motivation can find a reason and strength to complete a task, even when challenging, without giving up or needing another to encourage them.

Fundamental to self-motivation is understanding what motivates you to do things.

This may sound straightforward but sometimes your motivation is hidden from your consciousness – your own personal hidden agenda. Your motivation may well change from hour-to-hour, day-to-day and through life. As this happens your needs, wants and goals change and evolve.

There are two main types of motivation: ‘intrinsic’ and ‘extrinsic’ motivation.

In their simplest form you can think about these two types of motivation as:

Intrinsic = love, because we want to.

Extrinsic = money, because we have to.

A more detailed definition is:

Intrinsic: To perform an action or task based on the expected or perceived satisfaction of performing the action or task.  Intrinsic motivators include having fun, being interested and personal challenge.

Extrinsic: To perform an action or task in order to attain some sort of reward, including money, power and good marks or grades.

Different people are motivated by different things and at different times in their lives.  The same task may have more intrinsic motivators at certain times and more extrinsic motivators at others, most tasks have a combination of the two types of motivation.

Skills Involved in Self-Motivation

There are a number of skills involved in self-motivation.

These include:

Setting high but realistic goals.

Taking the right level of risk.

Seeking constant feedback to work out how to improve.

Being committed to personal or organisational goals and going the ‘extra mile’ to achieve them.

Actively seeking out opportunities and seizing them when they occur.

Being able to deal with setbacks and continue to pursue goals despite obstacles.

Learning from the Car: Self Motivation