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No one can motivate a person toward self-development. Motivation must come from within.
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The greatest advantage of management by objectives is perhaps that it makes it possible for managers to control their own performance. Self-control means stronger motivation: a desire to do the best rather than do just enough to get by.
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When we’re encouraged to make mistakes, we end up making fewer of them. Early mistakes help us remember the correct answer – and motivate us to keep learning.
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…languishing is more than the feeling of being stuck. It also keeps you stuck. Research shows that languishing disrupts your focus and dulls your motivation.
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Of all the factors that have been studied, the strongest known force in daily motivation is a sense of progress.
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You can’t always find motivation by staring harder at the thing that isn’t working. Sometimes you can build momentum by taking a detour to a new destination.
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Teaching others can build our competence. But it’s coaching others that elevates our confidence. When we encourage others to overcome obstacles, it can help us find our own motivation.
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…we can marshal motivation by offering the encouragement to others that we need for ourselves.
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A culture of opportunity only succeeds when students are motivated to take advantage of those opportunities.
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Extensive evidence shows that the wellspring of intrinsic motivation is having the freedom of opportunity to explore our interests.
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