Mark Murphy recently published an article on Forbes titled What Motivates You At Work? He lists five types of motivations:
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Achievement: People with a high need for achievement seek to excel.
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Power: People who are driven by a need for power as they do want to be recognized for being influential.
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Affiliation: People with a high need for affiliation want harmonious relationships with other people and they want to feel accepted by others.
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Security: People with a high need for security look for continuity, consistency and predictability in their job, work, and pay.
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Adventure: People with a need for adventure are motivated by risk, change, and uncertainty. They thrive when the environment or the work is constantly changing.
There is an online self-evaluation to help you identify the things that motivate you. I did the evaluation and it suggested that I’m motivated by adventures, by trying out new things and move forward.
But man is a creature of habit. And it is hard to get out of habits built up over years. I noticed that I stopped moving forward in my former life which finally triggered a decision. We, a group of colleagues started a new company named YAPEAL. A month is not a long time but I think there is one big change I feel each and every day. Maybe not the best way to phrase it, but I started to feel myself much better again. The work before was interesting but somehow had little impact, reactions were always similar and any change felt impossible or at least difficult. Now everything matters – this is challenging but very motivating.
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