Introduction
You surely know people who are generally successful in everything they set out to do. It is possible that these celebrity cases are the result of their intelligence, willpower or luck. In addition, there is no doubt that our pretensions to do things well help us achieve better results, but desire alone is not enough. To achieve that desire we aspire to, something more is needed... we need to have motivation.
What is motivation?
Various writers have tried to make different approaches to the definitions of motivation, and it is really difficult to consider the multiple formulations that have been developed throughout history. Therefore, we took on the task of synthesizing this concept for you so that you can get a better interpretation.
Motivation: is a desire, need or emotion that activates a behavior or an impulse to achieve a goal.
It is the emotional, mental or psychic force that allows us to satisfy certain fundamental needs, conceive habits, achieve conduct, try to do new things, maintain effort in tasks or achieve success.
Types of motivation
The reason that leads us to take an action or behavior is closely related to motivation. This is regularly manifested by the perception of a need, a shortage. Therefore, we must take into account that there are two types of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic, which change according to their characteristics and the effect they have on human behavior. Let's analyze their differences.
Intrinsic motivation
Intrinsic motivation is an attitude driven by an internal desire, which comes from the individual himself and not from external stimuli or factors such as reward, praise or incentive, but by an internal aspiration of the person.
In short, this motivation is linked to the satisfaction that is felt when we do something for the simple reason of doing it, because we are interested in it. It can be caused by aspects such as curiosity, the desire to learn, to improve your physical body, etc.
Some examples: when someone decides to eat a sweet, normally their motivation is to enjoy the flavor; If someone likes to play the piano, they may do so without receiving anything in return, just for the pleasure of playing and feeling the connection between their fingers and the music; if someone seeks to learn computer programming, it is often for the excitement of learning to do something new on the computer 😎🖥️.
When one has the ability to self-motivate, it is very beneficial for the person because the human being feels more fulfilled, can improve their quality of life, sees the possibility of achieving their aspirations, in addition to playing an important role in professional development, productivity and success.
Extrinsic motivation
It is that which comes from external factors; in other words... that leads people to proceed or strive in a determined way to acquire an external reward, such as being recognized by another individual, becoming famous, obtaining material things or avoiding some type of sanction or punishment.
In short, extrinsic motivation is linked to the result to be achieved, in other words, to the pleasure that the individual feels when reaching the goal or objective that he desires.
Some examples: a salary increase, devoting many hours to studying to obtain a high grade, obtaining more money for having worked overtime, arriving on time to work to avoid a salary reduction, receiving verbal praise, recognition, awards, prestige, fame or popularity.
The motivational cycle
When we analyze motivation as a process to satisfy needs, what we call the motivational cycle emerges, which is a psychological idea that expresses the changes in human demand while maintaining behavior toward a goal. This motivational cycle can be expressed with these six stages:
1. Homeostasis: This is the state of balance between the body and the mind, everything flows easily and you feel fantastically well.
2. Stimulus: This is any incentive, information or signal that provokes a response in the individual.
3. Need: Human impulse or motivation directed to satisfy a lack of a variable nature such as food, water, housing, protection, affection, security, etc. This need, still unsatisfied, causes a state of tension.
4. State of tension: tension produces an impulse that gives rise to a behavior or action. In addition, they are feelings that lead us to create and jointly do so with a specific direction and form.
5. Behavior or action: a set of intentional activities are carried out to achieve that set goal.
6. Satisfaction: If the need is satisfied, the organism returns to its state of equilibrium until another stimulus is presented. All satisfaction is basically a release of tension that allows the return to the previous homeostatic equilibrium.
Even when we find that lack, desire or need has not been satisfied or fulfilled in a certain time, we can find some negativities such as:
· Disorder in conduct or behavior in a deceptive way
· Some manifestations of emotional resistance, such as nervousness, restlessness and other expressions.
· The neglect of the duties or obligations that we should be busy with, such as: lack of will, laziness or indifference.
· Evident signs of aggressiveness, this can be physical or verbal.
🔖Conclusions
In short, motivation is what drives us to perform certain actions to achieve a goal.
Motivation is of great value to people's lives and work, because it encourages us to pursue what we set out to do and allows us to play a fundamental role in productivity, quality and speed in any area of life in which we find ourselves.
It is stated that the motivational cycle is the fundamental root of the execution of motivation and its biological and psychological response that arises as a consequence of the interaction between the individual and his environment.
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