Situational Motivation

Situations can have a very motivating effect on individuals. More specifically social siuations can cause us to feel certain pressures. Depending on who we are with and what obligations we have or feel toward them. For instance working next to your superiors at work or hanging out with friends. These different contexts influence us in different ways. Collaborating with a group on a project often causes one to feel an obligation to the other group members to contribute to the project. The people that we work with can encourge us and help us to understand what we are working on. They can additionally voice expectations, standards or advice for how our work should turn out and be presented. One blogger, Christina Nicolette, summarized her experience working in a group like this, “While working on this [assignment], I felt very alone and defeated but by asking two of my colleagues to work as a group on the assignment, much of my stress was relieved.” She was able to benefit from the presence of two friends who were able to in a sense pressure her or rather motivate her to successfully complete her assignment to create a podcast. She was able to place herself in a situation that would cause her to be motivated. And, additionally her friends were able to effectively give advice and encouragement to her as well as simply be there adding motivation to the situation.

References:

Nicolette, C. (2018, February 26). Coping With Stress Through Teamwork [Web log post]. Retrieved March 1, 2018, from https://medium.com/working-well-under-pressure/coping-with-stress-through-teamwork-4356d258229c