Worksheet # 1 – “What is Motivation?”
“Creating a Fire” - A Way to Define Motivation
Directions. Read the following definitions of ‘Motivation,’ and highlight the
words and phrases that resonates the closest to how you would define the term.
Motivation Definitions:
Providing a reason to act in a certain way
Desire, interest, incentive or drive to do
The process that arouses, sustains and regulates behavior
The reason one has for acting or behaving in a particular way
Aroused to take to action toward a desired goal
The process that initiates, guides and maintains
That which causes us to act
Needs, desires, wants or drives within an individual
The process of stimulating people to action
Factors that stimulate desire
To be continually interested and committed to make an effort
Inner power or energy that pushes us toward action
