What Is Motivation?
I believe a person's motivation can be very easily determined -- if they're willing to be honest with you, and with themselves. To determine what motivates someone, just ask them: What do you need?
There are a number of great models of human behavior and definitions of motivation -- have a read of this article, and comment below... Is it really any more complicated than answering the question "What do you need?"
Definition:
Motivation is defined as the process that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented behaviors. Motivation is what causes us to act, whether it is getting a glass of water to reduce thirst or reading a book to gain knowledge.
It involves the biological, emotional, social, and cognitive forces that activate behavior. In everyday usage, the term motivation is frequently used to describe why a person does something. For example...
Read the rest at http://psychology.about.com/od/mindex/g/motivation-definition.htm
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