Punished by Rewards LO14267

decisionmaker.com (Morty@decisionmaker.com)
Wed, 9 Jul 1997 15:40:41 -0700

Replying to LO14216 --
> From: Graham <goeduc@mailserv.waikato.ac.nz>
>
> Perhaps we should be a little clearer, when we speak of intrinsic and
> extrinsic motivation, about the "what" which intrinsic is inside of, and
> extrinsic is outside of. I always thought it was the activity, not the
> person.

Actually, we can't be "motivated" in the long run either intrinsically or
extrinsically. We do what our beliefs have us do, naturally and
inevitably. We can't get ourselves to do something inconsist with our
beliefs (e.g., try motivating yourself to stop procrastinating if that's
something you regularly do), and others can't get us to do something
(consistenty over a long period of time) that is inconsistent with our
beliefs (e.g, most corporate training programs.)

Morty Lefkoe
For information about the Decision Maker(R) Institute and
my book, Re-Create Your Life: Transforming Yourself and
Your World, visit http://decisionmaker.com

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