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Effective Motivation

Part one: Understanding motivation
1. What is motivation?
Why do you do anything? Why do you feel drawn to some forms of work and repelled by others? Perhaps the first step to answering these difficult questions is to explore the central concept of motivation.
Long words such as “motivation”, “innovation” and “communication” usually have Latin origins. Motive is something that moves you to action.
Motive or motivation suggests that something within you is at work, impelling or driving you forward. It may be a need, desire or emotion, but it leads you to act – and to act in a certain way. Your motivation will be evident in your behaviour.
The signs of motivation - such as energy and determination - are what prospective employers are probably looking for when selecting job candidates. Later they will seek to develop or deepen these characteristics. European business organizations listed all the words that are use in their paperwork related to selection, training and appraisal. The terms relating to motivation are given in the table below.
|SOME SYNONYMS FOR MOTIVATION |
|TERMS |ASSCIATED QUALITIES |
|Approach to work |Energy |
|Orientation to work |Drive |
|Application |Tenacity |
|Willingness |Determination |
|Dedication...