Saturday 8 May 2010

Motivation

What is Motivation?

Motivation is the cause of actions. Motivation is what encourages you to dedicate your focus, intelligence and time on a certain task or a particular goal.

Motivation Types?

There are basically 2 types of Motivation; Intrinsic and Extrinsic

Intrinsic motivation relates to internal factors of the person and comes from within. This is the most important factor for high-achievers; The desire for praise and approval

Extrinsic motivation comes from outside of the person such as Money, Threat of Punishment, Encouragement from Parents. This type of motivation is used in training animals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation

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