motivation
Jennifer Morris, MD MBA ABPN, ABOM, ABPM-add, ABSSP Motivation is defined as desire to act towards achieving a goal; it guides and maintains goal-oriented behavior. Motivations entails: initiation--the decision to activate persistence--the continued effort towards the goal, enduring even through challenge and frustration intensity--maintaining concentration and level of effort in pursuing the goal. (activation), persistence and intensity. Motivation may be either extrinsic or intrinsic. Daniel Pink, as summarized in "Drive", demonstrates drive and the effects of extrinsic vs intrinsic motivation 1. extrinsic motivation: motived from without...think of rewards and punishment. Extrinsic motivation is not always bad: Intrinsic motivation, on the other hand, is driven from within...learning for the sake of learning; running for the joy of running. Intrinsic motivation leads to identity and a sense of self. Intrinsic motivation includes autonomy, mastery and p