Motivation is the intense desire to cater to a need through the achievement of a goal. The drive to achieve these goals comes from internal sources, which are individually based, and they arise from within the person they include examples like hunger, thirst, the need to lose weight etc., they are also as a result of external source which originate from the environment examples being incentives. Both these sources can combine to form a push and pull effect where the motivation to reach a certain goal is caused by both sources (Deckers, 2005). For example one can get an expensive phone because of the internal need to stand out or so that they can show it off. So in such a case the internal source is the feeling they will get when are showing off the car while external source is the expensive car. This paper seeks to give a personal example on the application of the push/pull metaphor.
In my life, achieving success in life is my personal goal and it therefore acts as my internal source of motivation. Success is important to me because it’s one of the factors that will contribute towards the feeling of self-actualization, as I grow old. Since it’s my desire in life it acts as my drive which propels me to work harder especially in school since academic success is also part of the larger success aspect. Attaining a degree certificate with good grades and a good GPA is part of what I consider as the incentives I will be able to get in the end. In this case a degree is my external source of motivation because that’s the reward am motivated to work towards. The two sources are intertwined and the personal need that I have is what drives me towards the achievement of success e.g. a Bachelor’s degree at the end of college.
It’s therefore clear that the push and pull metaphor works on the drive and reward basis. There has to be a source of drive that gives you the desire and need to put effort or to want to get the reward.
REFERENCE
Deckers, L. (2005). Motivation: Biological, psychological, and environmental, 2nd ed. [References]. (2005).
