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Chapter 1 - Motivation and Optimal Functioning

Making the Most of Our Natural Gifts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2020

Martin E. Ford  and
Peyton R. Smith
Martin E. Ford
Affiliation:
George Mason University, Virginia
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Summary

This chapter provides a nontechnical introduction to the components of human motivation (goals, emotions, and personal agency beliefs) that capitalizes on the intuitive understandings that readers already have about motivation from their own everyday experience. This is done through thought questions that encompass motivation of both self and others. The concept of “motivation at its (human) best” – what we call Thriving with Social Purpose – is also introduced as an advance organizer for the chapters to follow.

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MotivationPersonal goalsEmotionsPersonal agency beliefsMotivational Systems TheoryOptimal functioningThrivingSocial purposePersonal developmentLeadership
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Motivating Self and Others
Thriving with Social Purpose, Life Meaning, and the Pursuit of Core Personal Goals
 , pp. 1 - 19
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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