Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Rewards or No Rewards
Today we talked about how people do things they love because they love it, or they do it because they want more rewards whether it be money or something else. It seemed like we never really got to a definite conclusion about how someone begins to like something whether it be sports, reading, etc. So it made me, and probably others, left thinking and pondering what makes us motivated to like something and do it. For me, I like to play basketball and tennis, and I don't like reading, however I do find a passion to read the Bible. So I guess those would be my main hobbies, if you will. Those are the things I've grown to like in my life, and I guess watching basketball and tennis all the time on ESPN has conditioned me somewhat to want to play it, and then I just found a liking towards it. And since I was little, I always went to church and would look up texts and just found a love for Jesus, and part of that is reading the Bible. So to me, finding what you like in life starts at a young age, and a person then can grow off of that. Maybe their mindset will change towards ideas and styles, or maybe not, but I believe what you will be like is determined early in life. And how you become who you are can be influenced by countless people, places, things, etc.
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I to was left pondering the topics of our class discussion. There wasn't a definate conclusion to the questions that were posed. I guess it's all up to your own personal opinion. There will never be a definate answer to what people's motivations are to do what they do, but it is nice to think that people can be intrinsically motivated to do nice things and be generous to others. There isn't a lot of things now-a-days where people aren't being extrinsically motivated, but I believe intrinsic motivtion is the most powerful form of motivation, and the behaviors that it enduces can stand the test of time. It's sort of like how people can take your money, but they can't take yoru pride.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Joonho. Intrinsic motivation is definitely the most pure and powerful form of motivation. I too was left wondering when in our lives to we make that switch from intrinsic to extrinsic, because we seemed to have determined that the extrinsic motivation developed at a young age. I also think that it is up to the person and who they are. There are many different types of people in the world today and unfortunately i think that more and more people are heading to the "dark" side of only extrinsic motivation.
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