The Road to Success is Paved with Motivation
Are you on the road to a successful career? Not so much? Why not? What’s getting in your way? What are you waiting for? Perhaps you're waiting for your company to provide the right incentive, the training department to offer you a leadership training class or your manager to inspire you. Or maybe you're simply waiting for the next job opening or for "the stars to align." The bigger question is are you getting in your own way?
If you’re waiting for someone or something outside yourself for motivation, you may be getting in your own way. External motivation, often referred to as the "carrot" (incentives, praise and rewards) and "stick" (pressure, punishment and threats) date back to the 1940s when psychologist B.F. Skinner experimented with animals to move them to action using either treats or punishment. The sad thing is many organizations still rely on these forms of external motivation. It’s not enough to simply wait for your company to provide some form of external motivation or someone to inspire you or for something life-changing to happen. Did you know motivation is something you can create from within? The best way to get unstuck and get out of your own way on the road to achieving your goals is to power up your self-motivation...
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If you’re waiting for someone or something outside yourself for motivation, you may be getting in your own way. External motivation, often referred to as the "carrot" (incentives, praise and rewards) and "stick" (pressure, punishment and threats) date back to the 1940s when psychologist B.F. Skinner experimented with animals to move them to action using either treats or punishment. The sad thing is many organizations still rely on these forms of external motivation. It’s not enough to simply wait for your company to provide some form of external motivation or someone to inspire you or for something life-changing to happen. Did you know motivation is something you can create from within? The best way to get unstuck and get out of your own way on the road to achieving your goals is to power up your self-motivation...
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