Quotes About Motivation

This type of work feeds my soul.

While we are pushed by drives, we are pulled by meaning, and

The behavioral doctrine was that human beings were motivated according to their primary drives of hunger, thirst, elimination, pain, and sex. Other

Everyone has a theory of human nature. Everyone has to anticipate the behavior of others, and that means we all need theories about what makes people tick." Steven Pinker

we all need a personal theory of what makes people tick. To

But of greater concern is the fact that psychologists tend to give progressively less attention to a motive which pervades our entire lives. Psychologists

First, love your work

What drives them, more than rewards, is the desire to find or create order where there was none before.

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I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.

Willpower and determination have their limits. A compelling life purpose, one you believe God created you for, will help you push beyond those limits

Your Why Power will Ignite your Willpower to help you implement Habits that will enable you to Pursue Your Purpose with PASSION!

As important as finding the Why behind your Purpose and Goals is knowing the Who. We will often do more and endure more for people we love than we will endure for ourselves. Find your Why and your Who and you will endure and overcome anything.

Managers who inspire extraordinary loyalty from their people tend to be highly charismatic, humorous, good-looking, and tall. So, by all means, strive to be those things. If you don't feel able to improve any of those factors very much, you might consider holding on to your people by designing a little slack into their lives.

THERE'S LEADERSHIP, and then there's "leadership." The first conveys vision, engenders confidence, and encourages striving toward common goals. The other doesn't.

Internal competition has the direct effect of making coaching difficult or impossible.

I just looked in to stuff to do to keep me occupied. Alright, I'm gonna start dieting. I'm gonna start working out more. So then I started to lose weight, and then I started to see some results, and I started to drop some weight.

I used to write at home, but it didn't ever occur to me to be a writer.

I was never once told to consider anything but my dreams. It's probably one of the greatest gifts my parents gave me, because it never occurred to me to do something other than what I loved.

I had to work and it never occurred to me not to. But then it's never really been about the money.

Ever since I started writing in college, I have, save for a few short breaks here and there, been working away on something. I love it, I need it, and so it never occurred to me to put writing on the back burner.

When you meet someone you love, whether or not they love you back, something occurs in you that makes you want to improve yourself.

I've always wanted to be on a winning team, be competitive and have something to shoot for in October. It's never been a money situation.

Having no legs doesn't mean you can't drive fast and I wasn't going to be happy scoring the odd point. I thought it was possible to win and went for it.