What exactly is the motive? It's a slippery term that seems to have a different definition depending on who you ask, but if you look at psychology it comes down to one simple definition: the force that drives us to action; It means any type of action, including taking a drink of water or eating food. If we had no motivation, we would simply die of thirst or malnutrition because we had no motivation to get food and water. Of course, in these cases the body has certain defenses against starvation or death from dehydration, but the fact is that motivation drives it all.
Psychology describes it as the biological, social, cognitive, or emotional force that makes us do something. Generally speaking, people refer to motivation as the persuasion to make change, and that's essentially the definition we'll be using throughout this book. The force that drives us to make change and do great things is motivation, and if you can control your impulses, you can control your destiny.
What is the motive?
Understanding motivation is the best way to overcome it and that is why we are going to divide motivation into three parts. If you want to achieve a goal, you know it's not enough to want it. Actually,
To achieve your goals, you must stay motivated through the obstacles you will undoubtedly face. Here are the three distinct components of motivation:
The intensity of the activation stability
Activation of motivations
Motivation is activated when you have the desire to achieve something and you take action. For example, if you want to lose twenty pounds, you can create a diet or exercise program for the next few weeks. You are motivated because you have the desire to achieve your goal, and you are actually taking a step in that direction. It could be anything. In the case of our example, activation does not have to be about implementing a diet or exercise program. It could be a matter of throwing out all the junk in your cupboards, or it could be as simple as stepping on the scale and seeing how much you weigh so you can know when you've hit your 20-pound goal. Every step you take toward your goal once you've reached it is a motivational activation.
Motivation takes perseverance
This is the part where people usually fail to achieve everything they set out to do. When you are first excited, you are excited and eager to begin the required steps. Then you start doing these steps and either get distracted by other things in life or find them too difficult and there are too many obstacles in the way. These obstacles will always be there no matter what goal you are trying to achieve, this is the point where motivation needs to be boosted through some of the techniques we will cover in this book.
Intensity of motivation
The third element is intensity and it's best described as the amount of effort you put in to achieve your goal. Although two people can have the same will to achieve a goal and even have the determination to overcome obstacles, the intensity is what determines how quickly they will be able to achieve the goal.
Some people are persistent, strong, and unwavering, working a little bit each day toward a goal. Some of them are runners, going through the stages to reach the goal as fast as the goal allows. None of these are fake, nor is the midpoint, which I like to call a jogger. A jogger is what you should be looking for. It also doesn't run too fast towards the goal, it may overheat or move so slowly that it can take months or years to reach a goal that can be achieved in weeks.
Motivation source
There are a few other things you need to know about motivation. The first is that it can be intrinsic or extrinsic. In other words, it can come from within us or it can come from outside desires. Intrinsic motivation means you're just doing it for your personal enjoyment. An example might be cooking with a difficult recipe just for a challenge or completing a crossword puzzle. The key factor here is that you are not doing it for external recognition, but for internal pleasure. External is the exact opposite. Extrinsic motivation comes from the external rewards you will receive: recognition, fame, money, or respect to name a few.
The second thing you need to know about motivation is that there are three sources of motivation. Psychologists have debated this question for a long time, but over the years these have become the accepted standard sources of motivation.
Needs: Motivation that arises from your needs or motivations is one of the source of motivation theories. Of course, some of them are absolutely true: eating, drinking and sleeping, for example.
Instincts: Instincts are another source of motivation according to psychologists like William James and Sigmund Freud. Our brains come with pre-wired behavior patterns already built in that are activated when certain external stimuli occur.
Awakening: This is an explanation of the type of motivation people experience. Someone with low arousal levels may not be discovered
Skydiving or parachuting out of planes, but someone with a high level of alertness could do it.
Now that you know more about urge and some of the factors that drive it, we can move on to some techniques to help you better control it.
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