Motivation encompasses an ability to ‘get up and go,’ tenacity, and the capacity to do what is difficult. It is the reason and engine behind action.
This section includes a discussion of:
- Different Types of Motivation and their application to the Mowgli context of mentoring entrepreneurs
- Altruism and volunteering or doing ‘good deeds’
- About Drive: and Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose as motivators in the knowledge economy
Additional Mowgli Resources:
- Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory
- Csikszentmihalyi – Theory of Flow
- Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
- How do you create meaning at work?
- The surprising truth about what really motivates us- this is a fantastic animated version of the Dan Pink video below
- What really motivates us to do things?
Additional External Resources:
- Extraordinary Visions: a motivational talk by Dewitt Jones, National Geographic photographer. He discusses the difference between the man who says he is ‘a stone chipper’ and the man who says he is ‘building a cathedral’- but they’re doing exactly the same job. How can you feel this kind of motivation? How do we achieve a wider vision of our place in the world?
- Article: T.D. Allen (2003) ’Mentoring Others; A dispositional and motivational approach’, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Vol 62 : pp134–154. Online here (PDF)
- Book: Baldoni, J.(2005) Great Motivation Secrets of Great Leaders (McGraw Hill: New York). Amazon
