What kind of motivation do you believe in?
Maria Anosova 🔥
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Many people believe that the best way to motivate to high results is monetary rewards or bonuses.
But perhaps in today's world, a motivation system based only on rewards for achieving results has become not only useless, but in some cases can be harmful?
Should we pay more attention to the natural desire of each person to excellence, mastery and independence, based on his inner motivation?
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Niko Germish@nikogermish
I only believe in personal motivation. It's important to see the goals for which everything is done, and to reflect one's beliefs or vision in one's actions. In organizations and teams, they shouldn't motivate but rather create opportunities for each individual to realize their goals.
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Yes, you assumption is indeed right. If believe what Daniel H. Pink writes in "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us" monetary motivation can negatively affect motivation. Moreover today is worth considering about what type of Gen you are trying to motivate. Each generation has own values
In some cases, yes. But I wouldn't toss away the importance of rewards, be it monetary or any other. These are still important (and necessary for living, if we're talking about money). Dreams don't pay the bills.
In fact, I believe that motivation is a reflection of our inner needs. In base level we all need feeling safety, so money is key to that. Afterwards other needs arise where money doesn't work. Of course, it's rude simplification. My point that motivation is complicated puzzle, just like our needs too
Self motivation. I've realized time and time again, you are the only one who can hold yourself accountable.
@maria_anosova I agree somewhat. Self-motivation can also come from instability in other areas of your life.
For eg. being financially burdened or being bullied and made to feel inadequate growing up can be a huge motivator to be successful.
There are different influences for each person.
I personally have always been intrinsically motivated so I shed blood, sweat and tears into everything regardless of what I'm getting out of it, simply because I want to excel at it and be proud of myself for having tried and accomplished something new. Unfortunately most people are not intrinsically motivated and are looking for financial reward, but studies show financial rewards, past the level needed to live comfortably, have a detrimental effect on productivity and results. There's a sweet spot of a balanced mix of rewards types (benefits such as PTO, WFH, full health insurance, learning credits, autonomy, etc.) that can help most people reach their full potential. The trick is finding that unique sweet spot for every individual
@nicolasmunoz413 Interesting answer, as from Chat GPT (sorry if it's not). Good luck with your launching!
@maria_anosova lol, no that wasn't a ChatGPT answer but I'll take that as a compliment so as to not be insulted haha. Just my insights based on a few random readings over the years and my personal experiences. There's a good book called Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely where they studied, among many other psychological traits, the effect of financial rewards on an individual's results. It's an interesting and fun book, I definitely recommend it
Internal motivation!