Congratulations, Your Motivational System Is Not Broken — The World Around You Is

Course
6 Lessons

The battle between what we do because we love to do it, and what we do because we have to do it.

1 — The Human Tug-of-War: What Really Drives Us?

If you want to understand motivation — the real, messy, beautiful force that makes humans move — you have to start with the most ancient conflict we carry inside us

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2 — Maslow’s Pyramid: The Hidden Engine Behind Every Motivated Action

If motivation had a backstage area, a place where the real mechanisms sit and pull the levers of human behavior, it would look a lot like Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.

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3 — Self-Determination Theory: The Three Psychological Nutrients That Make Motivation Come Alive

If Maslow’s Pyramid tells us what humans need, then Self-Determination Theory — SDT for short — tells us how motivation actually works on the inside.

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4 — When Maslow Meets SDT: How Human Needs and Motivation Dance Together

If Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is the architecture of human motivation, then Self-Determination Theory (SDT) is the electrical wiring inside the building — the invisible current that determines whether everything lights up beautifully… or sparks, flickers, and dies out.

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5 —The Dark Side of Carrots and Sticks: How Rewards, Goals, and Pressure Destroy Motivation

If motivation were a movie, intrinsic motivation would be the inspiring hero — glowing with purpose, curiosity, joy, and creativity.

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6 — Building a Motivational Ecosystem: How to Create Environments Where People Thrive

If you’ve made it this far, you already understand something most leaders, parents, teachers, and even policymakers overlook: motivation doesn’t come from pushing people harder — it comes from designing environments where motivation naturally flourishes.

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