Motivation

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Motivation Inspiration
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To Motivate or to Inspire?

• Various Philosophers, Governments, Military
  Leaders, and Multinational Companies have tried
  to define what people need to be satisfied.
• Why would they want to figure this out?

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Inspiration!

• If you can imagine it, you can achieve it if you
  can dream it, you can become it.
• Websters dictionary defines inspiration as
  the action or power of moving the intellect or
  emotions

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Motivation!

• You cannot plough a field by turning it over in
  your mind.
• Motivation is the process of getting started,
  keeping going, and modulating various behaviours
  that help people achieve goals

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Inspiration vs Motivation

• People always seem to get confused between the
  difference between Inspiration Motivation.
• In groups of 2-3 come up with any differences you
  can think of given the definitions listed on
  slides before.

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Inspiration vs Motivation Cont.

• So, whats the difference?
• First off, the major difference between
  Inspiration Motivation is
• Inspiration is Internal
• Motivation is External

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Inspiration is Internal

• Inspiration is internal because
• Inspiration comes from within and the
  encouragement and ideas are your own.
• When it comes from within, you own it and feel
  inspired.
• When you feel inspired youll take action and
  taking action is the key to achieving what you
  want.

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Motivation is External

• Motivation is external because
• Motivation occurs when someone else persuades you
  into doing something.
• Motivation usually involves rewards or
  punishments such as
• Money
• Threat of job loss (or failing a class)
• Poor Performance reviews (or grades)

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Motivation is External Cont.

• An easy example can be seen through the following
  situation.
• Picture yourself in Sales job where you bonus
  is based on a percentage of yearly sales.
  Obviously, the more you sell, the more ends up
  in your pocket

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Motivation is External Cont.

• Motivation can also happen on the reflexive
  flow.
• I need to get myself motivated to exercise
• I have to be more motivated at work (school)
• Usually, motivation requires a kick in the butt
  from oneself or someone else.

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Inspiration vs Motivation

• Whats more effective, Inspiration or Motivation?
• It can be easily seen that Inspiration can be
  more effective because it comes from within. So
  why isnt everyone inspired?

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Inspiration vs Motivation

• Motivation is far more common with everyday
  examples coming from paying bills (or youll lose
  you home) to going to school until the age of 18
  (because its the law).