A
person highly depressed, frustrated, irritated, stressed, suffers from
lowconfidence because of life events, work life imbalance, unhealthy human
relations, suddenly gets an urge to behave and act confidently, with full
enthusiasm and spirit. This sudden urge is known as “SELF MOTIVATION”.
When
somebody gets internally motivated towards something and makes an attempt to
accomplish his/her goal, that person does not need any kind of external push.
He himself feels sufficient to motivate himself. In simple words, the inner
force in an individual to do a task is known as SELF MOTIVATION.
Self-Motivation is the key skill in a person which enhances a person’s
personality and approach. To understand
more about SELF MOTIVATION, following concepts should be well known:
WHAT
IS MOTIVATION?
Motivation
is what pushes us to achieve our goals, feel more secure and fulfilled and
improve overall quality of life. According to Daniel Goleman, four elements are
very important in motivation. These are:
· PERSONAL GOAL: This
means the inner drive in oneself to achieve goal.
· COMMITMENT: The purity
in vision of the person to do a task with full dedication.
· CLARITY: The goal and
objectives of the person should be full-fledged clear.
· OPTIMISM: Positivity is
the key to success.
These
four elements are key areas which makes an inner push to an individual to act and
is socially acceptable in a personal manner.
WHAT
ARE MOTIVES?
For
a person to get motivated there must be a motive which is reliable, assessable
and achievable and highly important to the individual. Motives are the inner
agenda of a person which is set as priority to achieve. The motivation can be
INTRINSIC and EXTRINSIC.
EXTRINSIC:
A person’s need- ‘earn because we have to’
INTRINSIC: A person’s wish- ‘love because we want to’
To
explain more clearly, let’s take an example:
Emic
is working in an organisation because he loves his field of work. He is highly
confident, satisfied and happy with his job. This induces him to work more hard
to get more satisfaction and become loyal towards his work. This type of
motivation is INTRINSIC.
John
is working in an organisation and doing overtime just because of some financial
crises and to feed his family and to pay off some of his debts. This induces
him to work as hard to pay off the debts. This type of motivation is EXTRINSIC.
When
we wake up in the morning with full zeal and happiness, we feel more
comfortable at work. This means that even environment plays an important role
in self-motivation.
WHAT
ARE THE STEPS IN SELF MOTIVATION?
- SETTING REALISTIC GOALS: The goals to be set in motivation should be real and original.
- TAKE RISK: Uncertainty is linked with goals, hence risk is to be taken to achieve them.
- COMMITMENT: How loyal and true are you towards your goal, determines your Commitment towards your motive.
- CONSTANT FEEDBACK: keeping a record on the path and stages towards your goal, helps in achievement of goal.
- CONFIDENCE ENHANCEMENT: as feedback shows the positives and loopholes in the path, the confidence of the person increases.
- SELF-MOTIVATION: with enhancement of confidence, the inner urge drives the person to behave more enthusiastically.
SELF MOTIVATION is of
utmost important in 21st century because in today’s scenario, nobody
is bothered to motivate or push others towards their goals. One has to take
initiative himself and to be on track towards goal, self-motivation is
required.
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