Motivation for a person is like a car’s engine: a motivated and purposeful person is obviously capable of achieving much more than someone who is disinterested and indifferent. Without great motivation, there would be no great achievements.
There are two types of motivation: internal and external. Internal motivation comes from deep within a person, their nature, inclinations, and interests. Some people have very strong and stable internal motivation. Such people try to engage in activities they find interesting no matter what. However, there aren’t many such people, and many of them, despite their enthusiasm, sometimes experience doubts and difficulties in maintaining their motivation. In short, even such motivated people sometimes need external motivation. For ordinary people, that is, most of us, both internal and external motivation are regularly needed.
External motivation is the driving force of our behavior, the source of which is external. This could be a kind word, a gentle touch, an enthusiastic look, an interesting book, recognition, money, etc. Of course, not all people react the same way to various external factors, such as material incentives or moral encouragement. Therefore, everyone may have their own system of external motivation, which is somehow connected to their system of internal motivation. It’s important to understand what truly motivates you.
Undoubtedly, internal motivation is the main thing. But we shouldn’t forget that even internally motivated people sometimes need external motivation. I, for example, receive great motivational support from books about interesting people. I know people who were greatly helped by popular books on psychology, leadership, and management when they began to doubt themselves and their internal motivation was weakened.
So, motivate yourself! Even if you have strong internal motivation, find meaningful sources of external motivation that are important to you: situations may arise when they become your support.
Alisher Faizullaev 