06 June 2010

Motivation

As many of you know I am contemplating redirecting my life. That has lead to lots of lists and soul searching. The main issue I keep running up against is: Why do I dislike my current job? By truly understanding the underlying causes of my discontent I think I will be better equipped to not repeat the problem.
This video does a lot to help me clarify things. It is mostly about how people are motivated (hint it isn't money!).




Essentially my job has a lot of purpose, occasional autonomy but I have no desire to obtain mastery over it. So I need to find a direction that will combine purpose, autonomy and mastery. Too easy...?

1 comment:

Teresa / Andy said...

wow. It makes so much sense!