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Motivation is defined as that set of principles or things that determine one to perform something and achieve success in what he or she has undertaken. They say that without it we would all be but a bunch of passive, lazy people that seem to have no goal in life.

And indeed, once we understood how the universe works, supposedly at a very young age, we have kept getting involved in a motivating existence. Do you want the candy? You have to work for it just a little bit and listen to mammy. This is how it all starts. Therefore, without even becoming aware of what we undergo, we are taught the very basics of responding to motivation.

Motivation results from the reward that follows a certain action, and it is the pleasant feeling we experience that keeps us going on and on. The reward in itself can be of an intrinsic nature, meaning that the mental and emotional satisfaction prove sufficient to repeat the action later. It can also be extrinsic, according to studies; and that means that money or praise coming from others is the key to making you repeat the performance.

As a result, motivation is also of two kinds intrinsic, or inner, and extrinsic, or outer. Like you may know it already, anything intrinsic is limited to yourself, while the extrinsic variant involves external people and elements. Other subcategories follow from intrinsic motivation. One is the intrinsic motivation that relies on enjoyment (let us take a hobby for example) while the other is the one that is based on obligation (like performing a task at work that we want to carry out very well only for our own sake and not for anyone else’s).

All in all, motivation surely defines the way we move through life. This is the factor that has made us take our first steps, that has helped us in learning how to pronounce certain words correctly, that has pushed us forward in school years and university studies perhaps, that finally sets in motion all the life areas from job and career pursuit to children and family providing. Motivation assumes many forms and can be related to many things.

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