Magic Motivation

Chapter 5. Your motivators

What motivates you? This is a question asked by many people and companies. The
answer is quite simple: you are motivated by what you value. Your motivators are
aligned with your value system. Of course it’s not always that simple to identify your
highest values but it’s not that difficult either. It simply means you need to do a bit
of detective work!

Journal work

Write a list of all the values that you can think of. Aim for about 40 to

50. These are not necessarily your values but rather any values you
    know of. For example:

 Honesty.

 Reliability.

 Support.

 Belonging.

There are three important corners to the motivation triangle:

1. Your resources. This applies to your skills, abilities, knowledge, people and
   tools available to help you and your attitude and beliefs.
   **2. Your goal.


2. Your personal values.**

Most people focus on the goal and their resources. An important link, often ignored,
is the congruency between the goal and your personal values. A person who puts
high value on honesty and integrity is unlikely to achieve a goal of robbing a bank.
Your goal must encompass your personal values for your motivation levels to be
high. Obviously, all your resources must be available for you to be motivated and to
reach your goals. We know this to be true: if you’re assigned to a job for which you
are totally incompetent, you’re unlikely to feel motivated about the job.

Identify your personal values. This is essential if you want to be successful.
Understanding personal values is an outcome of self-learning and self-reflection.

Let’s say James makes lots of money. It’s easy to look at that picture and say that
James is motivated by material things. However, he may be driven by the need for
security or the need to be the best. Or, simply to be successful. A value-detective
might take a closer look at James’ home and office. What’s he got on the walls and