From motivation to inspiration

How you motivate someone depends on the

someone. If the person is in desperation either

financially, emotionally or in their relationship,

the idea of motivating them with anything but

rules, regulations and laws is foolhardy. You

are far wiser to acknowledge where a person

is at in their life before you consider how to

motivate them.

Generically, you motivate people by giving

them the impression that something good will

happen if they do what you ask. Of course, a

person in desperation might not even believe

that so, you motivate them by saying some-

thing bad won’t happen if they do what you

ask. This is a very primal level of motivation.

More sophisticated levels of motivation can be

achieved if the individuals in question believe

they have some choice. In other words they are

not working out of fear or desperation. These

more conscious people would react badly to

the lower levels of motivation and are more

likely to be “turned on” by values. That means

they would become highly invested in what-

ever they were doing as long as they thought

their values were being met. Like goodness to

humanity, kindness to children, ethical prod-

ucts, environmental legitimacy.

This is still fairly primal, and requires signifi-

cant structure in a company. The individuals

in this circumstance would be motivate