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Motivation

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Topic: Motivation

Sort Desciption: in the name of motivation. There are three basic kinds of. motivators: fear incentive and ... incentive with fear motivation since the stick can be used ...

Content Inside: M otivation. There has been much talk and discussion about what it is and where it comes from. Can another person motivate someone? Can rewards or incentives motivate someone? Do these motivators have a long-term impact? In todays economy we are doing more with less. This is true in most every industry and springmaking is no exception. So every company is looking for ways to moti- vate its work force. The root word of motivation is motive. If we fur- ther break it apart as shown in the title it becomes move to action. A motivated person is moving toward a specific goal by acting with reason and purpose. What can we do to move ourselves or another person to action? Lets think about the different activities that happen in the name of motivation. There are three basic kinds of motivators: fear incentive and attitude. Fear can be visualized with the story of a baby elephant in the circus. The baby is tied to a huge stake with a big heavy chain. When the baby tries to move he cannot. He becomes conditioned to this situation. As the elephant grows the stake is replaced with something smaller and the chain with a piece of rope. Finally as an adult capable of picking up a ton of material the elephant does not try to break away. From this story we can see that fear is externally applied. Consequently we can say this type of motivation is temporary. The elephant has been conditioned to expect that he cant move. People also become conditioned. However the elephant like humans can be recon- ditioned. To be reconditioned we or the elephant have to relearn what we can or cannot do and get positive responses in a less controlling environment before we can change. Incentive as a motivator can be explained with the story of a donkey pulling a cart. The donkey is motivated by a carrot dangling from a stick. For this to work the donkey has to be hungry and like carrots. Additionally the stick must be just long enough to stay out of his reach and the cart nee ...

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