Motivation at Work
When it comes to motivation at work, it can be helpful to clarify your values. Identifying your work values helps in finding a compatible career. Learn more about your work values at careeronestop.org.
Work Values
- power
- money
- prestige
- independence
- challenge
- mastery
- achievement
- recognition
- security
- self expression
- collaboration
- service to others
- relationships
- creativity
- variety
To achieve goals in the workplace:
- Measure results and share the results. Simply posting a scorecard can make the outcome like a game, motivating us to improve the score.
- Recognize and reward progress. Provide incentives – an employee incentive plan doesn’t need to be expensive or complicated. Get creative ideas and ask what they want.
- Be sure that goals are communicated clearly. Expectations and consequences need to be clearly understood by everyone.
Dan Pink, author of Drive: the surprising truth about what motivates us, talks about Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose.
Self Motivation
To overcome procrastination, learn how to motivate yourself.
Motivation can involve positive or negative consequences. Motivation can be tangible or intangible, intrinsic or extrinsic. Positive motivation is usually the most effective, and intrinsic motivation tends to be intangible. However, to stop a bad habit like using bad language, you can set up a negative tangible consequence like putting a dollar in a jar every time you slip up.
Additional Reading
- Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose at Brainpickings.org
- Can betting against yourself online help you save money? from pbs.org
- New Years Resolutions Stick When Willpower is Reinforced from The New York Times
- How to Make Commitments You Will Actually Keep by Scott H Young
- How the Overjustification Effect Reduces Motivation from verywellmind.com
- Twentysomething: 7 ways to motivate your Millennial at Brazen Careerist
- Motivations and Rewards (pdf)
More on Motivation from the Daily PlanIt:
- Alex Vermeer on How to Get Motivated
- Tip the Scales To Master Motivation: Visual Strategies to Overcome Procrastination
- 25 Quotes and Affirmations to Finally Defeat Procrastination
- Rewards
- The Angst Guide to Motivation
- Overcome Procrastination and Get Motivated Pinterest Board
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Great points. I also have motivation software available online at http://www.motivator.ws/ — it’s no cost, so check it out if you’re interested!
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
It’s cold here. The wind sends chills right through my bones. Normally, I enjoy walking, I try to walk to places whenever I can, but on a day like this, I would not venture outside but for my two dogs
Fabulous points you make about how to motivate yourself and others. The eleven points are a valid guide for those of us wishing to make the changes. Identify where you nedd to change one at a time, prioritise and then take action.
Phoenix
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