In 8 Strategies Great Minds Use to Achieve Jeff Brown, Mark Fenske, and Liz Neporent, The authors argue that goal orientation is one of keys to motivation. (Brown, Fenske, Neporent, 2010)
How thinking of other helped me
In this Blog by my peer Jennifer Chau, Chau had suggested that helping others is one possible incentive to motivation.
My experience leaving work to feel happier.
I quit my job.
I know it sounds counterproductive to improve self-motivation by taking away an outlet for it but maybe the outlet itself was the problem.
Using candy as a reward
In this article by Eric Baker, A TIME Magazine contributor Baker suggest 3 ways to get self-motivation is “Get positive, Get rewarded, Get Peer pressure” (Baker, 2014)
Using a To-Do List to Improve Self Motivation
So I was told by several people and blogs that writing stuff down in a list will help self-motivation of completion.
The problem
It’s my work philosophy that I need work for a sense of accomplishment but how can I do that if I’m not even motivated to work?
I currently have a job but to actually get something done I need a couple coffees every few hours. I feel like I should have endless energy to do work. I’m 19…
