One more foray in my campaign to kill off "motivation" as a useful
word in a non-manipulative environment.
Why say "tap into the motivation they already have."
What about, say, "engage the interests they already have" or, if we
mean the *self-generated life-force* then, "engage their existing
intentionality"?
Why do I offer this? Because motivation implies a force from the
outside - at least in my dictionaries, understanding of its
historical roots, and common management language - even when we use
it to talk about our internal motivation. We talk about motivating
ourselves as though our selves and our motive force are separate.
-- Michael McMaster Michael@kbddean.demon.co.ukLearning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>