The Dynamics of Self-Motivation

Unlike raw motivation, self-motivation is a propellant, a catapult, and a manifestation of

inspirational human forces. Self-motivated individuals focus on growth, development, and forward movements. They strive to thrive, require less management, and overall, less motivational inspiration.

Why?

Because they are “self-motivated”. Though, as positive as this sounds, please bear in mind that self-motivation is not a natural state of being either. It is where the energy of motivation has been internally harnessed, and transformed to operate from either a fear, or desire. Yes, that’s correct, the fear word came up again!

Are you puzzled? After all has been outlined, are you perplexed as to how and why fear could become a self-motivator? Please relax and allow an explanation;

Remember the energy of motivation is just that, raw motivation of E=MC2, and when operating from negatively perceived or fearful experiences, it can and does go on to create de-motivation.

Thus, de-motivation being whereby the individual will actively feel sad, or depressed by the actual fear, but with self-motivated staff, they do not.

Self-motivated staff internalize the same fears as a de-motivated individual with one exception.

They have no negative experience attached to the fear. Additionally, there is no negative mental, emotional, or physical association. It is a fear, but a healthy one.

Here’s a quick example:

Your staff may fear losing their job.

Your staff may have lost a previous job.

Your staff may have already lost a job and suffered from the consequences.

There is a difference in all three, though for the first two, there is unlikely to be an associated

“negatively attached fear”. Whereby with number three, if there has been a loss of job and a suffering in the process, then there is likely to be mental, emotional and physical baggage.

For examples one and two above, they may go on to create healthy fears, whereas for example number three, where they physically suffered, and if the experience is perceived as a negative, it will most certainly create or contribute to “a core de-motivating energy”.

Only with uncovering can one engage with, identify, uncover and dissolve.

Nevertheless, for self-motivated staff operating from desires, it is exactly the same. That is, the energy of desire acts as a stimulant, creating an associated “desirable associated, positive experience”, which propels the individual forward. Please allow it to be strengthened that neither fear, nor desires alone are self-motivators. To become a human dynamic that propels, they must first attach to a mental, emotional or physically associated outcome. Not only that, the outcome is obliged to select one of only two propellants - fear or love. Did you notice the deliberate shift and transition from the word desire, to love?