Motivation:
Success And Excellence Seed
If
you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.
A.
P. J. Abdul Kalam
"Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success."
- Virat Kohli
Motivation is spark for action, it is that which
forces you to jump out of the cosy bed in the cold winter nights, forces you to
run when it rains, remain awake late at night, stay hungry and thirsty for days
together, when injuries do not pain, tolerate provocations, ignore insulting words,
wake up without alarm, fight even when outnumbered and finally makes you to
reach your destination. One sees only his goal not the obstacles in between
that is what the motivation is. Unless one has ambition, drive, desire, a fire
burning inside no motivation from outside can help. However no specific words
and action to define spark that ignites.
When one has to
marry his daughter off, there are lot of assignments for the parents;
financial, honour, relationships, procurements, tastes, likings, nature,
frictions, and so many others, each requiring different type of handling,
timings and talks. Parents of bride perform to the best to see everything goes
smooth and sober; are tired only after they have given a push to vehicles
taking their daughter to in-laws. Similarly when one has to go for interview,
for a job urgently required, then he makes sure he reaches in time, so is the case when boys go for a date they
bluff everybody their parents, teachers, employers, friends, even their coffers
have more still think it is less, but reach in time to see their beloved. This
is how self-motivation acts, one is involved right from the core of his heart,
soul, mind, conscious, body, day and night. This is strength of one’s character.
Prayer and Meditation; when a person is highly motivated to talk to Him, if
from the core, He does listens and talks too.
A self-motivated person is an asset into himself; gets
satisfaction of having done from every job, is stress free, is result oriented
liked by his peers, dependable, trustworthy, known, performance and delivery is
in his blood. It is privilege to have such an employee. Such persons are a
class in themselves, a breed different, to succeed is in their blood; justice
they do to what is entrusted to them; total quality people.
What makes a person self-motivated, since this relates
to inner self one’s, soul, desire, and character is difficult to define.
Generally speaking it is a product of one’s sense of pride in performance,
self-respect, value system, inheritance, self-esteem, sense of achievement,
positivity, inner fulfillment, confidence in self, calmness, sense of
responsibility, inspiration, joy of having done and above all belief in
spirituality and integrity.
Your positive action combined with positive thinking
results in success.
Shiv Khera
In addition, recognition and responsibility given are
the tools that can invoke the inner of an individual. Recognition means being
appreciated, treated with respect and dignity, trusted, given regards, making
the person feel that it is privilege to have him, appreciating his efforts. On
the other hand responsibility gives a person feeling of belonging, ownership
and a positive tension that he is accountable. He becomes a part of bigger
picture. Seeing one’s ideas, thought, plans, being implemented and meeting
success is in itself gratifying and gives inner peace, satisfaction and solace.
Rewards and remunerations without claim spark
the inner conscious and positive attitude.
“Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate
someone, don’t keep it a secret.”
– Mary Kay Ash
Everybody is not in self-motivated mode; that throws a
responsibility on seniors. It is can be argued; wages are paid for work and that
is enough. Yes it is logical; not everywhere and with everyone. Fact is that
men are not machines that justifies need for motivation. They have life, love,
feelings, emotions, moods, up and downs, problems and priorities, they see and
listen, can regulate themselves their likes and dislikes, they want progress
and prosperity, have ambitions and aspirations; but machines do not, so the
motivation.
The man on duty to take work must first be a being fully
aware of emotions
and feeling of others; must assess the internal motivation of an employee: his
general attitude towards life: what he wants from life; satisfaction, peace, progress,
prosperity, family welfare, his attitude towards the tasks assigned and
self-esteem. Motivators have to empathetic, sympathetic, patient, must also
understand strengths, weaknesses, and difficulties of the worker. One must
understand the psyche of a worker before he attempts to motivate him from his
inner. Motivation is not an off and on phenomena it takes time to motivate and be motivated as it
is always difficult to leave inertia, to listen, respect and believe the ideas,
instructions, suggestions, success stories being told by others.
Management must understand the need inside a person which if satisfied
will make him to exert to higher levels of effort. Normally a self-respecting
person feels shy rather he conceals his financial and other needs from men in
office; so it is very searching process. Manager have to be alert at all times
and must understand that each employee is different and changes with the
passage of time. In the interest of productivity, production and positivity
this has to be done.
Nature of the person to be motivated is of utmost
importance.
If a man is a good listener has high levels of respect, task of the motivators
is easy. If he happens to be man who always wants to prove his intelligence and
knowledge, motivation is uphill task. Such like employees always keep their
duties and responsibilities up to date but they are generally away from
innovations and creativity; they seldom go beyond targets and tasks; they are
not very helpful for productivity and production. Managers have to be careful
to motivate them as they can be motivated only when their own nature is obstacle
in their progress and it dawns on them.
Another important
issue is to find out how the employee
got the job if he got it after lot of struggle that would give birth to his
pride being in the organization and he would be involved in its activities. If
he fully identifies with the organization he would develop what is called
“organizational citizenship” when he makes sacrifices for the organization, key
to extra efforts as per the requirement without asking and is a great
motivator.
Soul of an employee is touched by genuine words and
actions of appreciation. Higher the level of person giving the appreciation
more is the motivation. There should always be variety in appreciation also
oral, written, some gift, some reward not necessarily in cash even calling by
name and an attentive listening will do, reference in general meetings, words
in the presence of others, assignment of special and sensitive jobs are great
soul motivators. Good work done by any should earn the appreciation then and
there.
Incentives cash or in kind like bonus, overtime,
honorarium, conveyance, promotion, ex-gratia payments, good annual appraisals,
trainings within and abroad, foreign tours, linking cash remuneration to the output
are useful to a limited extent, can’t really motivate. They are just tools to
get the work done, meet the deadlines and effective till the incentive is
strong and needed by the person motivated.
Sometimes managements use rules of engagement, behavior,
conduct, discipline etcetera to motive, these
are coercive,
useful to very limited extent, in fact they are regressive, they help reach the
targets without any body doing extra mile whereas the art of management is to
make the people do something extra without their knowing management wants it to
be done.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do
something you want done because he wants to do it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
People do the things as per their own reasons and not
for others not
even for their employers; they ignore their parents and seniors too. The
workers modify their behavior only when it interferes with their positive
achievements. The efforts to motivate others have to be a veiled activity if it
is to be fruitful in the real sense otherwise it is only incentives and
disincentives that play their role only to the extent of the capacity and interest
of the individual. This throw a great responsibility on managers, who many a
times have to tolerate unsavory behavior, remarks, retorts, witty answers,
camouflaged personal criticism. In such situations managers have to make a
distinction between the personal and official self and wait for the opportune
time to put across their motivational view point.
Motivation is no
doubt a spark for action but it takes time and effort to turn it into a red burning
flame.
The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers
strength and courage as the day gets on.
Charles Dickens
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