What’s Your Motivation
It’s become a joke to wonder “what’s my motivation?” like an actor, when we have something in front of us to do and just can’t seem to get it done. We may complain that we just can’t get motivated to do something.
What we usually mean by this is just that we don’t want to do it right then, or maybe it all.
Motivation is not just “wanting” to do something.
In fact, motivation is the force behind doing something, including the desire, the need, the energy, and the actual doing of it.
Interviewers often ask job applicants about their motivation, whether they’re self-motivated or “self-starters.” The correct answer, of course, is yes.
In fact, no one is motivated by just one thing, and what motivates us at one time may not be very motivating at all at another time.
