i’ve always thought that it’s really simple. there’s extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation
extrinsic motivation is when somebody stands next to you and beats you with a stick when you do something that they don’t like. the result is i will do the minimum slop required to fit their criteria, like when i’m asked to do the dishes, i’ll just make them look clean without actually scrubbing them.
intrinsic motivation is when i see the meaningfulness of an action, at which point my body starts acting towards that goal automatically.
One of the big ones: motivation.
Most people when talking/thinking about “motivation” are referring to extrinsic motivation.
Even if they make a distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic, they basically assume these add together to create “more” motivation.
However, they don’t sum together. One crowds out the other, like in a neverending battle.
i’ve always thought that it’s really simple. there’s extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation
extrinsic motivation is when somebody stands next to you and beats you with a stick when you do something that they don’t like. the result is i will do the minimum slop required to fit their criteria, like when i’m asked to do the dishes, i’ll just make them look clean without actually scrubbing them.
intrinsic motivation is when i see the meaningfulness of an action, at which point my body starts acting towards that goal automatically.