The ONE Type of Motivation That Will Make You Thrive in Times of Uncertainty

Motivation, motivation, motivation… many talk about it but I believe few talk about the one tactic moving the needle in our daily life. Motivation is what drives us to act and yet why so often do we get carried away doing things that don’t bring us true fulfilment? We live in a world where we continuously feel the need to chase something better, but for what exact purpose? It’s noisy out there, we easily fall into the comparison trap making decisions that aren’t aligned to our values. As an entrepreneur, I had always considered motivation to be a beautiful “one dimensional” source of energy but when I studied it closely, I discovered 2 different types  bringing about different results. At a high level, motivation is an emotional reaction that spikes in our brain when we believe we are about to experience something pleasurable and rewarding. The first type of motivation is called extrinsic motivation and its driven by our desire for external rewards. Simple examples of external rewards? Money and status! The problem with being motivated by external rewards is we rarely are in the position to control the size or measure of it and so our relationship often becomes one of dependency. The second type is called intrinsic motivation and is a lot more powerful as it’s the natural motivation we have within us where no external reward or incentive is needed. This is where I believe true richness and freedom lies! Intrinsic motivation is our natural tendency ...
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