Pink talks about intrinsic motivation and autonomy as the new ways to motivate employees.
The same goes for students; Reed Larson, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, writes about how to help young people develop initiative (2000). He extensively credits Ryan and Deci’s research in his discussion of how adolescents might be encouraged to self-motivate, remarking that the first of three “elements of initiative” (p. 172) is “intrinsic motivation, the experience of wanting to be doing and activity and being invested in it.” There is no way to manufacture or fake this condition, though with the right emphasis and planning, it can be kindled. The second part is “concerted engagement in the environment, with exertion of constructive attention in a field of action involving the types of constraints, rules, challenge, and complexity that characterize external reality.” An appropriate challenge is necessary and good for skill development. Making an environment that is realistically difficult is also exciting. Thirdly, it takes time to nurture real growth or to become secure in one’s own progress. Larson continues, “Initiative involves a temporal arc of effort directed toward a goal, an arc that might include setbacks, re-evaluations, and adjustment of strategies.”
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