This weekend as I sat at my son’s graduation from lineman’s school, I reflected on motivation. There are three main types: reward-based motivation - you do the thing because of the reward you know you’ll get when you do it consequence-based motivation - you do the thing because the consequence of not doing the thing is worse than doing it
Way to go Caleb! This reminds me of my oldest son. No punishment or reward ever worked. But when he is interested in something, there’s no stopping him. He thought for years he was dumb, then realized he just wasn’t interested in most things taught. He’s brilliant.
As a parent it was hard to understand. Especially since all 3 are my motivators! Thanks for sharing!
Way to go Caleb! This reminds me of my oldest son. No punishment or reward ever worked. But when he is interested in something, there’s no stopping him. He thought for years he was dumb, then realized he just wasn’t interested in most things taught. He’s brilliant.
As a parent it was hard to understand. Especially since all 3 are my motivators! Thanks for sharing!
Great story - and well done Caleb!
I’m wondering what motivates me - I’m going to do some work on this....!