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It would seem that for some public shame (announced plan that you never completed) is a motivator, while for others public announcement gives you a sense of rew
by ALee 17y ago
It would seem that for some public shame (announced plan that you never completed) is a motivator, while for others public announcement gives you a sense of reward.
Most studies show that the biggest motivator for anyone is when it costs you and not accomplishing the goal costs you even more.
There is a study on going to the gym and they found that the primary motivator for working out is if you pay for a gym membership and are reminded that you're losing money. It does not work if it's a gift (money you never had). It would be interesting to see if it matters between extroverts (get energy from talking to strangers) and introverts (lose energy when talking to strangers).
- electromagnetic 17y agoPersonally I'm an introvert and while possibly not as bad a case as others, I'm restricted to a handful of friends who being with doesn't seem to drain me. Again, personally, I seem to lose motivation when I tell other people about a project, because I expect other people to ask about the project. However, that isn't realistic, I'm sure a hardened extrovert would tell their friends about every single part of the project as it progresses. From what I can tell, an extrovert is going to be motivated because they get to tell everyone new stuff because they keep working. Where as an introvert is going to lose motivation, because they don't have the tendency to be out there talking to everyone, they expect an unrealistic and disproportionate amount of questions. I guess a good analogy is that an introvert is the actor on the stage who always wants to be in the spotlight, but doesn't do enough to attract the spotlight. Where as the extrovert is the spotlight, who wants to tell everyone where and what to pay attention to.