If you’re going to take a trip by driving from New York to Los Angeles, you’ll need several tanks of gas. Similarly, if you plan to take a trip that will move you closer to a personal or professional goal, you can expect that you will need several refills of your motivation tank to give you the energy to get there. People say that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, but it’s extremely difficult to continue taking steps when your personal-motivation fuel tank is empty.
In this course you will learn to: describe the basics of motivation, define motivation as a process, and describe some theories about how motivation can affect your productivity.