Book contents
- Motivating Self and Others
- Motivating Self and Others
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Motivation and Optimal Functioning
- Chapter 2 Self-Direction
- Chapter 3 Core Personal Goals
- Chapter 4 Motivational Systems Theory
- Chapter 5 Thriving with Social Purpose
- Chapter 6 Evolutionary Origins of Social Purpose
- Chapter 7 Life Meaning
- Chapter 8 Guiding Principles for Motivating Self and Others
- Chapter 9 Your Toolbox for Motivating Self and Others
- References
- Index
Chapter 1 - Motivation and Optimal Functioning
Making the Most of Our Natural Gifts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 October 2020
- Motivating Self and Others
- Motivating Self and Others
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Motivation and Optimal Functioning
- Chapter 2 Self-Direction
- Chapter 3 Core Personal Goals
- Chapter 4 Motivational Systems Theory
- Chapter 5 Thriving with Social Purpose
- Chapter 6 Evolutionary Origins of Social Purpose
- Chapter 7 Life Meaning
- Chapter 8 Guiding Principles for Motivating Self and Others
- Chapter 9 Your Toolbox for Motivating Self and Others
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter provides a nontechnical introduction to the components of human motivation (goals, emotions, and personal agency beliefs) that capitalizes on the intuitive understandings that readers already have about motivation from their own everyday experience. This is done through thought questions that encompass motivation of both self and others. The concept of “motivation at its (human) best” – what we call Thriving with Social Purpose – is also introduced as an advance organizer for the chapters to follow.
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- Motivating Self and OthersThriving with Social Purpose, Life Meaning, and the Pursuit of Core Personal Goals, pp. 1 - 19Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020