The Importance of Motivation
By Kevin Ngo
What is the importance of motivation
when it comes to your personal life as well as the workplace? Well,
unless if you don't have goals go work on and tasks to complete,
motivation is quite worthless. Of course, you and I both know that
there are always things to do in life. The biggest challenge that many
people have is being able to have enough motivation to do the things
they know they should be doing. One fact of life is that most of the
things that will give us what we want are the things that we want to do
the least. That's probably why most people will never really experience
the life that they have always wanted. Let's look at what motivation is
and its importance in different situations.
Motivation is basically a feeling of
movement. When you are motivated, you want to go from doing one thing
to another thing. Most of the time, you are going from doing nothing to
doing something. This is the main problem when it comes to achieving
your goals. You know you need to take a certain action in order to
produce a certain result but what you are currently doing is more
pleasurable than taking that action. Let's look at different situations
and how a lack of action can lead to negative consequences.
Importance of Motivation in the Workplace
When you don't have the motivation to do
your work, you will either eventually get fired or you will not likely
get promoted and will stay where you are for a long time. If you are
the supervisor or the owner, a lack of motivation throughout your
company can create a rather unproductive workplace. This will lead to
loss of sales, profits, and market share. In this case, it's important
to do what it takes to create an environment where people naturally
want to do their work. The importance of employee motivation shouldn't
be taken lightly here. The company's survival depends on it.
Importance of Motivation in Business
If hate working for someone else and
want to start your own business, that is great. However, as most
business owners will find, having your own business will depend way
more from you. This can be great if you're highly motivated but if
you're not, that can be a bad combination. Without anyone on your back
telling you to do your work and threatening to fire you if you don't,
it's easy to just put things off until later. The worse thing that can
happen is that you go out of business and if you have invested a lot of
money into the business, it can be a tough situation to go through. Business owners normally work 12 to 16 hour days so unless you really
hate working for someone else or you really love the business, you may
want to think twice about this option. It's not for everyone.
Importance of Motivation in the Classroom
When you have no motivation to study, it
can be hard to get the grades you need to accomplish your educational
goals. Most students, believe it or not, are capable of doing very well
in school despite what their current grades are showing. Most of the
time, it's not the lack of ability to learn the material but the lack
to interest and motivation to put in the effort to actually do well. If
you are the teacher, it's important that you do what you can to teach
the material in a way that will interest the students. Even something
as boring as history can be taught in a stimulating way.
There's no question about the importance
of motivation and how it plays a part in all areas of our lives. We all
have dreams and goals that we want to see become a reality. If you had
a never-ending stream of motivation, you can literally do anything. The
problem is that most people will never put in the effort that is needed
to live an extraordinary life. Why? Because it's easier to do nothing
than to do something. Go do something!