What motivates you to get things done?
What motivates you?
What motivates you to get things done?
JRiddy
—————King of Socionics—————
Ne-ENTp 7w8 sx/so
not a whole hell of a lot... and it's a pretty big problem for me
My biggest motivation is the feeling that I know I'll have in myself when I've done something good/great. Or sometimes even the thought that I'll get a pat on the back and a "good job" from someone else when I complete whatever it is that I needed to be motivated for. In school, I wanted good grades, now that I've been in a career for 8+ years, money is the motivation, along with bonuses or a t-shirt/mug/some other shit that I get every once in a while... and a good handshake every so often works too.
I personally need motivation for trivial shit more than anything else. For instance, taxes... this year, I pretty much knew I'd have to pay so there was no motivation to get it done any time sooner than the week of April 15th...lol. when the 13th came around, the "oh shit" factor got involved in it and I finished them and filed them the next day...lol.
So the top motivators for me seem to be... time restraints and knowing that I'll feel good about something when it's completed and figure that others will too... for the most part.
The "oh shit factor" is one of my major motivators of late (it has to be - I have so much stuff to do this semester that I have to prioritize, which means a series of "oh shits"). The other thing that motivates me (and I much prefer) is interest - if I get a cool idea I tend to pursue it for a while until I get bored and start thinking about something else.Originally Posted by cracka
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I pity your souls
I am motivated by reality. If you know your values an establish goals, then you will have a focus and a reason to get things done. If you set really high goals, then you will want to do more things in order to reach them, and if it is something that you really don't want to do, then treat it like you would a hurdle, go through it or get around it somehow.
Think about what kind of person you want to be in the near future, at least that works for me.
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
--Theodore Roosevelt
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
-- Mark Twain
"Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in."
-- Confucius
this reminds me of me a little, might not seem clear why to others. i usually wont do anything unless i feel like it was my decision. if someone puts pressure on me i rebel. I get very angry/otherwise do not do what is asked of me
another motivator, though its really not a pleasant one, is making sure people are not upset . so its not really productive all the time, but if i feel like someone is going to be upset i take action to make sure that obstacle is removed
sounds like a common alpha problem
JRiddy
—————King of Socionics—————
Ne-ENTp 7w8 sx/so
If something needs to be done, it gets done. Likewise, if I want to do something, I do it.
SLI/ISTp -- Te subtype
these aren't the 'droids you're looking for... move along.
'Your clothes are itchy... remove them.'
SLI/ISTp -- Te subtype
Cheeze. Cheeze motivates me.
you must be very regular
What motivates me best is a fiery emotional speech from a friend or just generally being backed into a corner where I can't escape and I NEED to do whatever is in front of me. That's basically why I always get shit done at the last minute. I have almost no motivation before that, usually.
"To become is just like falling asleep. You never know exactly when it happens, the transition, the magic, and you think, if you could only recall that exact moment of crossing the line then you would understand everything; you would see it all"
"Angels dancing on the head of a pin dissolve into nothingness at the bedside of a dying child."
Not an alpha quadra member, but I'll reply
I'm motivated by doing things I like. In life I've tried many activities, found the things I liked the most, and tried to center my life around them so that the things "I don't like" are only a few. For the things I don't like...waking up early works, or doing them while you're happy and exalted for something else that has happened.
Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit
If your like me you'll pull it out the bag at the last minute.
Then there's always the late shift at mcdonalds. That way you get your long lie.
Yeah. I keep saying this, then I just put my feet up and keep leaving stuff to the last minute..but so what it usually gets done, and I think it's pretty cool (although admittedly disorganised!) in my eyes. So I say..who cares..enjoy your day off!
Was just trying to think of a job where there wasn't an early start, so more time in bed to sleep in the morning..but now i've thought about it, that's no good either, cause it's cool having my evenings free *and* long lie-in's!And what about mcdonald's? I don't get it.
lol! nice.A cup full of whiskey, and a gut full of rage.
I wish I knew what motivates me... Fun. Fun will motivate me quite well. But most things aren't fun.
It's good to know I'm in familiar company here as far as motivation goes.
I'm only motivated by my interest in a subject. I become intensely obsessed with whatever "projects" I'm into at the time, and ignore almost everything else. Fortunately, work is a constant project--much more interesting than school ever was, anyhow--and I get a lot done there, especially if you consider organizing a trashketball leauge an accomplishment. That, and like 2,567,436 pages of RFPs and USE Cases.
JRiddy
—————King of Socionics—————
Ne-ENTp 7w8 sx/so
I'm motivated by goals, deadlines, genuine interests, and also dependency from others that requires me to complete an objective.
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