Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Motivation is not what you think it is--it's not discipline, willpower, or passion. Susan Fowler, bestselling author of Why Motivating People Doesn't Work...and What Does, shows how motivation is a skill each of us can learn by embracing three scientific truths. Susan Fowler makes a revolutionary claim that motivation is a skill. In her new book, Fowler teaches you how you can achieve your goals through three simple scientific truths about what human beings need to thrive and be optimally motivated.
1.Your Need for Choice. You can learn how to recognize your choices and experience autonomy anytime and anywhere.
2.Your Need for Connection. You can learn how to align with important values, meaningful relationships, and contributions to the greater good.
3.Your Need for Competence: You can learn how to feel effective at managing everyday situations by focusing on learning, not just outcomes.
It's time we awakened to this reality: People appreciate meaningful challenges. They want to achieve their goals and make valuable contributions. No one wants to be bored or disengaged. People need to experience the competence that comes from growing and learning every day. People long to feel that they belong. No matter what our situation--or age--our basic nature is the desire to thrive. And now, through the skill of motivation based on the most groundbreaking research in the history of motivation, every individual can experience the type of motivation required for achieving their goals and thriving.
Synopsis
If you want to accomplish what's important to you, discipline and willpower won't get you where you need to go. In this iconoclastic new book, Susan Fowler reveals compelling insights and actions to help you master and maintain your motivation. Motivation is at the heart of everything you do and everything you want to do but don't. Unfortunately, the ways we typically motivate ourselves don't work. Relying on sheer determination eventually becomes exhausting--it's not sustainable. And even setting goals can backfire--if you're not setting them for the right reasons.
Susan Fowler says motivation is energy, and what matters is the quality, not the quantity. Traditional motivators such as fear, guilt, or the promise of a reward provide low-quality, short-term energy. Drawing on the latest empirical research, she proves that high-quality, optimal motivation is a skill that you can learn and apply.
Science tells us that satisfying three basic needs--for choice, connection, and competence--is essential to optimal motivation. You need to feel like you've picked your path, not that you're being driven down it. Your goal should be linked to people or a purpose meaningful to you. And you want to continually learn and grow.
Through practical exercises and eye-opening stories, Fowler shows you how to identify and shift the quality of your motivation. The skill to master your motivation is important--it may be your greatest opportunity to evolve, grow in wisdom, and be the light the world so desperately needs.