Motivation


What drives people to do the things they do? Ninety five percent of the things we do are from the motivation within us. People work out to lose weight, people work to make money, people play instruments to hopefully become rockstars; all of this derives from motivation. "Motivation is an inner state that energizes behavior toward the fulfillment of a goal." (316) Motivation is a dynamic process and is constantly changing with new interests.
Genes may also build our motivation. Depending on your genes, depends on the type of motivation you have. You can be more aggressive
than others, doing whatever it takes to reach your goal; or be more laid back and less aggressive
. Charles Darwin's theory believed that every human being is born with an instinct which is, "an unlearned, relatively fixed pattern of behavior that is essential to a species' survival." (317)
People are sometimes motivated to achieve and maintain an optimal level of arousal and reduce......

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