'If you’re going to be successful, you need more than just desire. You need to leverage incentives to help you achieve your goals.'
is not the same as willpower. Motivation refers to the complex set of factors that influence our behavior. There are a lot of variables to contend with: emotions, thoughts, innate drives, behavioral reinforcement, values, beliefs, circumstances—this list could go on for a while. Our behavior is determined by a hodgepodge of dynamic, ever-changing factors.
I’d love to believe that my job as a therapist is 100% intrinsically motivated; that I have chosen an profession solely out of a desire to help others. While I am passionate about helping others, there are many other factors at play:I’m able to feel a sense of competence and mastery over a skill.I invested a lot of money in graduate school and want to make use of it.You get the idea: Every action is comprised of a complex formula of different motivating variables that contribute to our decisions. Willpower is just one variable in that formula.
Let’s imagine that I want to exercise more, so I sign up for sessions with a personal trainer. I go to the gym and the personal trainer asks me, “Do you want to exercise more?” I say “Yes," and the trainer says, “Oh, you do? Great! Then you’re done!”That’s not how this works. I signed up for a personal trainer. I need structure. I need guidance. I need accountability. I need someone to push me when I’m not feeling it, and correct me when I’m messing up.
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