Eric wrote:
>Did you find any other types of motivation?
A quick summary. The question we started with is:
How do we convince others to live ecologically? This
led to asking about motivations and pressuring others.
One way to group motivations is:
1. Fear of future | 2. Painful awareness
crisis | of present problems <-- negative
|
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|
3. Positive | 4. Rewarding and enjoyable
future | daily life fitting a <-- positive
vision | positive future vision
We know that too much focus on items 1 and 2 create problems
such as: denial, guilt, temporary victories, confusion. I
suspect focusing too much focus in any one quadrant of
this chart can cause problems and today we are mostly in
quadrants 1 and 2.
Another way to view motivation is from individual growth. Maslow's
hierarchy of needs does a fairly good job of describing this. He says
we all go through the following plateau's
1) Physiological: hunger, thirst, bodily comforts, etc.;
2) Safety/security: out of danger;
3) Belonginess and Love: affiliate with others, be accepted; and
4) Esteem: to achieve, be competent, gain approval and recognition.
If the above are satisfied we move into self-actualization
phases. Self-actualized people are characterized by: 1)
being problem-focused; 2) incorporating an ongoing freshness
of appreciation of life; 3) a concern about personal growth;
and 4) the ability to have peak experiences. Maslow later
<6>differentiated the growth need of self-actualization,
adding two growth needs prior to self-actualization and one
beyond that level. They are:
5) Cognitive: to know, to understand, and explore;
6) Aesthetic: symmetry, order, and beauty;
7) Self-actualization: to find self-fulfillment and realize one's potential;
8) <7>Transcendence: to help others find self-fulfillment and realize their
potential.
There are other ways to view motivation but i'm not sure where
we are going with this? One possible conclusion is that we
need to motivate at all levels and simple answers are not possible.
jeff
