Three Factors Of Motivation
November 30th, 2007 | by Ahmed Arbab |One of the characteristics of good leaders is that they do not order instead motivate. Effective motivation always result as a success. It is, however important to determine how to make the process of motivation effective. Let’s classify the essentials of motivation into three types, i.e. primary, secondary and tertiary.
Starting with primary factor consider motivation as a physical action always. Motivation itself is derived from ‘motor’, i.e. action. So do not make or feel people do something instead emphasize on action. Challenging people to take a particular action work much better here. Talking or debating about anything can’t be successful until you come up with a particular action. Make people to act.
When it comes for making people to take action, the importance of emotions gets prominent, which may be kept under secondary factor, as it’s derived from an existing factor. When you want to make people to take action, engage their emotions. According to experts, an act of motivation is an act of emotion. Make best use of emotions.
Third factor of motivation is to realize that you cannot do anything until the other person responds to your message. While motivating people, a leader must know that it’s not he doing something to others, but they their selves are doing something for their own. We actually cannot make anyone to do something; instead it’s he himself who does. A leader only communicates, and the whole success depends on communication.
An expert says, “Over the long run, your career success does not depend on what schools you went to and what degrees you have. That success depends instead on your ability to motivate individuals and teams to get results. Motivation is like a high voltage cable lying at your feet. Use it the wrong way, and you’ll get a serious shock. But apply motivation the right way by understanding and using the three factors, plug the cable in, as it were, and it will serve you well in many powerful ways throughout your career.”
