Self motivation Nishad Palamullathil, LD2
“If you believe you can do it, you have self-efficacy”
The best kind of motivation is selfmotivation. To demonstrate this point, let us consider two scenarios you have likely experienced: You have something you have to do. You are not excited or passionate about it, but you know you need to get it done. This feeling of obligation motivates you to work hard to complete the task
You have something you get to do. You are interested in your task. You might have even assigned this task for yourself rather than receiving it from someone else and you are happy to put in the time and effort to complete it.
In which scenario are you more effective? In which scenario are you more efficient? And, in which scenario do you feel the most fulfilled? I am willing to bet that your answer to each of those questions is Scenario 2. It likely won’t come as a surprise that doing something for its own sake and for your own purposes is likely to be more fulfilling, enjoyable, and successful than doing something to meet external standards or to please others. The feeling described in Scenario 2 is that of being self -motivated. Read on to learn more about selfmotivation and why it’s the most effective kind of motivation. “Self-motivation is, in its simplest form, the force that drives you to do things”
It is the drive you have to work toward your goals, to put effort into self-development, and to achieve personal fulfillment. Self-motivation is all about where your drive comes from. If your motivation comes from within and pushes you to achieve for your own personal reasons, it can be considered self-motivation. If you are only motivated to achieve standards set by someone else and not for your own internal satisfaction, you are probably not self-motivated. There are three questions you can use to determine whether you (or someone in your life) is self-motivated: 1. Can you do it? 2. Will it work? 3. Is it worth it? 9
