Does it start only in times of extreme duress or crisis?
What are the motivations that can cause large number of people to come together for common good?
Self interest is plausible, however it is self-serving. The contradictions will rip apart any endeavor based on self interest. Yet there cannot be motivation without self interest. It is a conundrum.
Can values be a driver?
Values do help you develop a clearer sense of what's most important to you in life. It can be a powerful motivator, and one does tend to relate better to others who hold the same values. And while it may be a good idea to have a group definition of important values, it can't by itself drive change.
Maybe the answer lies in a better understanding motivation itself as motivation is the prime psychological feature that arouses people to act towards a desired goal and elicits, controls, and sustains certain goal directed behaviours. Motivation is literally the desire to do things.
Lets explore this in the next blog.
What are the motivations that can cause large number of people to come together for common good?
Self interest is plausible, however it is self-serving. The contradictions will rip apart any endeavor based on self interest. Yet there cannot be motivation without self interest. It is a conundrum.
Can values be a driver?
Values do help you develop a clearer sense of what's most important to you in life. It can be a powerful motivator, and one does tend to relate better to others who hold the same values. And while it may be a good idea to have a group definition of important values, it can't by itself drive change.
Maybe the answer lies in a better understanding motivation itself as motivation is the prime psychological feature that arouses people to act towards a desired goal and elicits, controls, and sustains certain goal directed behaviours. Motivation is literally the desire to do things.
Lets explore this in the next blog.
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