Thursday, February 23, 2012
Motivation
In high school I feel I most motivated when I played basketball. I strived to be the fastest and best on the team. All my time and energy went into running and playing basketball to be the best. I was motivated from within not from someone else, although you could say my peers motivated me because I wanted to be better than everyone else. Working hard payed off and nothing felt better for me then when I truly had a good game, which kept me motivated to keep working harder. I feel motivation is best when it comes from within and you don't do it because someone else wants it for you but because you want it for yourself.
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I too played basketball in high school and can relate to your feelings of motivation. I think that it relates to the Deci article from class where they discussed that extrinsic motivation becomes intrinsic. At first we are motivated by our teammates or opponents, but eventually it becomes an internal motivation to want to improve and succeed. I would agree though, that when the motivation finally came from within me on the basketball court in practices and games, I was more driven and successful!
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