Comments on: What Motivates Us?

By: Littlemummy.Com » Studying Update

Littlemummy.Com » Studying Update — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:38:35 +0000

[...] hard going it’s not the most interesting (for me) topic, although I did enjoy the bit about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. I’m now in the process of writing the second [...]

By: Little Mummy

Little Mummy — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:32:03 +0000

Alex – Have only just begun studying this but the Maslow thing really interested me, will need to get hold of a few of these I think, I’ll make a note, cheers

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:09:57 +0000

Wow, I haven’t heard much about Maslow since I studied him at university about 15 years ago. Behavioural/motivational models like this and Herzberg’s Hygiene Factors are good for doing a bit of self analysis but if you begin to take them too seriously, you need to buy either the dilbert principle of the weasel way by Scott Adams imho

Have you done any transactional analysis? (Eric Byrne) I think this provides some really interest insight into how we interact and is a fairly easy read if you get hold of a copy of Games People Play

By: Little Mummy

Little Mummy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:18:47 +0000

Thanks Jo, it’s been refreshing to discuss something other than parenting or blogging

By: Jo Beaufoix

Jo Beaufoix — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:07:16 +0000

Wicked discussion Erica. I think the bottom two are in the right place, but the top three are very much an individual thing and not necessarily dependent on each other. They definitely influence each other at times, but can exist together, separately or not at all. Brilliant post.

By: Alpha Mummy Jen

Alpha Mummy Jen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:55:31 +0000

@littlemummy re: self-actualisation. I can’t speak for other mothers but I think I’m finally becoming a bit more self-actualised as a result of being a mother…but it’s taken some time to get there!

By: Little Mummy

Little Mummy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:33:59 +0000

Ok, so we’re all kind of agreed that all the tiers moyivate us but not necessarily in that order, right?

By: Dad Who Writes

Dad Who Writes — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:14:23 +0000

Another interesting point about motivation and the tricky issue of the ordering of the hierarchy – I recall from my course how Goal Setting Theory research (Locke and Latham – here’s a summary paper they wrote in 2002 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dabbish/locke.pdf) showed how having goals – achievable, specific ones – was more motivating than factors such as pay, which goes against the idea that material needs have to be met before higher, more abstracted ones can be engaged.

By: Little Mummy

Little Mummy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:32:56 +0000

Ok, I totally walked into that one

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:22:38 +0000

If I had seen any of your boobs, I would remember.