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 4 - Motivational Systems Theory
The Leadership Team in Motivational Headquarters
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
The next step after getting a feel for what “personal goals” are and how they work is to understand the other two components of motivational patterns (emotions and personal agency beliefs) and how goals, emotions, and personal agency beliefs operate as a “leadership team” in motivational headquarters. Learning how these components of human motivational patterns (always) work together to direct, organize, and regulate thought and action provides the conceptual foundation for constructing a theory of motivation and optimal functioning that can inform efforts to help people be more successful and experience enhanced levels of well-being and life meaning. This chapter also introduces the concept of equipoise – a system-wide requirement for optimal functioning – while also explaining how MST concepts can be applied to motivation at the level of human collectives (Group Motivational Systems Theory).
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- Motivating Self and OthersThriving with Social Purpose, Life Meaning, and the Pursuit of Core Personal Goals, pp. 113 - 176Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020