self motivation
Personal internal drive
Self motivation is the internal drive to pursue goals without external pressure or incentive.
Someone with self motivation doesn't need a boss hovering or a deadline looming to get things done—they generate their own momentum: Her self motivation got her through years of rejection before she finally sold a novel.
The trait implies discipline and initiative, qualities valued in education and employment contexts where supervision is minimal.
- driveOperate a vehicle
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- burning desireIntense emotional craving
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
grit · fire in the belly · hustle · persistence · discipline · focus · momentum · inner fire · push · tenacity · resolve · dig deep · initiative · hunger · get up and go · dedication · perseverance · never give up
- skillsskills, skill, ability, abilities, competencies
self motivationcoercion
Pressured compliance through threats
carrot and stick · micromanagement · compulsion · pressure · peer pressure
self motivationapathy
Absence of feeling
lethargy · laziness · inertia · indifference · passivity
self motivationdependence
State of needing another
hand-holding · helplessness · learned helplessness · spoon-feeding
self, motivation, selves, oneself, myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself