Bill Hobler said:
"But none of them were as effective in obtaining high energy performance
as finding and pushing the buttons of people's intrinsic motivation."
Bill,
May be I am an exception, but I don't think that I would like someone
pushing my button of "intrinsic motivation". And I would not follow my
"intrinsic motivation" only after permission. Neither do I believe that
rewards would un-push my button. I am not a child anymore. ("You are adult
when you do the right things although your parents have recommended
them.")
Yet, I like the picture of a "button of intrinsic motivation". My question
is: How can I find my button? - Did anyone of you found your button? How
did you find it? Where was it? Really inside of you - or somewhere between
you and the world you are living in? We discussed about "personal mission
statements" before - if you have one, do you experience your statement as
a button for motivation?
I think finding the button is closely related to the meaning of my life,
the task for which I am here on earth - a specific insight which only I
can have from my point of view and which I ought to express as clear and
enlightening as possible. I think it is not so much a matter of decision
(beliefs, values...) but a matter of finding the button. May be I am
wrong.
Regards, Winfried
--Winfried.Dressler@voith.de In search for the golden "button of intrinsic motivation".
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