Napoleon Hill said, “What can a man’s mind conceive and believe?”But how will any method work? Probably not. However, there is one that can be useful: a balanced motivation.
Balanced motivation is, as the name suggests, to find a balance in what motivates us. Sometimes we think that the energy that drives us towards a goal is our ego or the result we will get, not the task itself, which can cause imbalances in the present and in the future.
- To explain this phenomenon.
- We focus on the theories of the UPAD SCHOOL of Psychology and Coaching.
- Which has developed various techniques to ensure that people find motivation in the correct way and not get confused in their path and their objective.
- Which it is learning.
In short, any goal that we set ourselves implies a series of learnings that lead us to a goal, in this process we must try to maintain a constant balance so that the experience always has its value, this is where two possible paths are indicated, the orientation of the ego and the orientation of the task:
The two guidelines can co-exist and are supported. In fact, in most cases this coexistence occurs, although one of them is dominant.
Based on UPAD’s experience, results-based motivation is currently improved and recommended, rather than ego- or task-based motivation. What does that mean? That achieving the goal is the most important thing, so that there is a mitigating effect (anything that is not related to the goal is no longer important). The path and time are resources that necessarily need to be invested, investment that will be success or failure depending on whether that goal is achieved or not.
However, in the opinion of UPAD experts, it would be much more positive to focus on motivation for the task. Because in this condition the real goal is personal development, to focus on the motivation of the task is to gain self-confidence, with this personal improvement, if the final goal is not achieved, other secondary objectives have been achieved, which have no less value. Achieved.
That is, with this approach, while it is important to achieve the objective, there are other valuable lessons that are also internalized, is this the case of perseverance, contribution to the group, constant overcoming, self-assessment, the culture of effort?So the attempt to achieve the goal, whether it was achieved or not, was worth it.
It is now important to observe to find an individual’s motivational orientation, so once we know what the goal is, we can strengthen or reorient it if its execution increases the value of what has been achieved with a similar effort. , we can compare this situation with a football, basketball or any other sport you like. What’s better: focus on the outcome, it doesn’t matter, or the task at hand to achieve the goal?
Obviously, if we focus solely on the outcome, the individual may think or interpret that any method is valid to achieve the goal, this can be positive, but it can also be wrong in choosing the path to achieve the goal.
On the other hand, if we focus on how to achieve the result, we will probably also achieve the goal, but along the way we will have learned values that will accompany us forever, that is, the experience will have been much more complete.
Do you think balanced motivation is really useful?It seems obvious that when it comes to learning it is much more attractive, especially when it comes to children and young people.