You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation. — Homer Rice

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Economists and workplace consultants regard it as almost unquestioned dogma that people are motivated by rewards, so they don't feel the need to test this. It has the status more of religious truth than scientific hypothesis. The facts are absolutely clear. There is no question that in virtually all circumstances in which people are doing things in order to get rewards, extrinsic tangible rewards undermine intrinsic motivation.The bonus myth: How paying for results can backfire The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. — Albert Einstein

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True religion is a universal and (necessarily) ego-transcending psycho-physical motivation of human beings. However, up to the present stage in human history, only relatively few individuals in any generation have been willing and able to make the gesture that is true religion (or, otherwise, true esotericism). In their great numbers, most people have, up to now, never yet been ready or willing to adapt to the true (and progressive) practical, moral, devotional, Spiritual, and Transcendental Wisdom-culture of right life.

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Sometimes giving high motivation just means telling an absurd lie. The human brain is so accustomed to hearing lies that sometimes telling the truth is equal to transmitting negative energy, while the mystification and illusion of reality are associated with positive energy.― Elmar Hussein

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Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose ― Leonardo da Vinci

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Originality and creativity are nothing but the result of the wise management of combinations. The creative genius combines more rapidly, and with a greater critical sense of what gets tossed out and what gets saved, the same material that the failed genius has to work with.

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If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down. – Eminem

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I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life. — Miles Davis

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It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change. If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

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Motivation gets you through the day, but inspiration lasts a lifetime.

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