http://www.mmhabits.com/are-you-motivated-by-success-or-fear/ To Achieve... To Succeeed... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:53:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.mmhabits.com/are-you-motivated-by-success-or-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-12405 Shelby Matero Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:09:13 +0000 http://www.mmhabits.com/?p=829#comment-12405 Hi Ryan, I find your thoughts regarding motivation towards something or away from something to be spot on. As a minor point of semantics, over time I have come to differentiate between the push and the pull of motivation. When I feel a push away from pain or the threat of pain, then I do refer to that as motivation. When I feel a pull towards something that is perceived as pleasure or as rewarding, then I refer to that as inspiration. Both motivation and inspiration have their value. But I have to admit that the fear of a threat of some catastrophe does indeed light a fire under my chair. Inspirations tends to be too fleeting for me. Thanks, Shelby Hi Ryan, I find your thoughts regarding motivation towards
something or away from something to be spot on. As a minor point of
semantics, over time I have come to differentiate between the push
and the pull of motivation. When I feel a push away from pain or
the threat of pain, then I do refer to that as motivation. When I
feel a pull towards something that is perceived as pleasure or as
rewarding, then I refer to that as inspiration. Both motivation and
inspiration have their value. But I have to admit that the fear of
a threat of some catastrophe does indeed light a fire under my
chair. Inspirations tends to be too fleeting for me. Thanks, Shelby

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