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The Motivational Drives. It means what really is driving you? And how can you drive others?

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this Topic, David McClelland

has a theory which there are 3 main motivation drives. The first is the need for achivement,
second is the need for affiliation

and the last one is the need for power? Before we move on and start with our 3 main drives. Can
I ask first, What motivation drives you? (TANONG KA SA MGA CM MO SINO SA KANILA DRIVER
DJK. TANONG KA KUNG ANO SILA DYAN SA TATLO BAGO KA MAG EXPLAIN)

Maybe some of you are still not familiar with these drives so I'm explaining it right now.

The First Motivation Drive is "Need for Achievement". This are kinds of people who are always
interested to improve themselves. They want to become faster, smarter and more productive
day by day.

It's like they cannot stop this so called "self-development process". They're always eager for
achievements and enhancements.

As you can see, almost every honorable mentions in classes has this kind. They thrive to study
and learn more rather than going out and do parties or play games.

But I'm not saying that this "need of achievement" is just to ACHIEVE SOMETHING
ACADEMICALLY. In today's era we had lots of athletes and e-sports players.

If they want to be the very best of their kind of thing, it also means they have this "Need for
achievement" drive.

For our next Motivation Drive, it'll be "Ned for Affiliation". Now this is straight to the point
motivation. This kinds of People are being driven by their afiiliates. What does this mean? It
means They rather want to join they friends, meet new people, and go out and have some fun
with others. They are becoming happy and more productive as they go out with their affiliate/s.

In short example: If there's an ongoing class and some of your friend invites you and said "Hey
let's play some game, we should not go to class cause its just plain boring plus the professor is
not teaching what he must", Then you quickly answered without hesitation " YEAH! Let's go out
and have some fun! Invite others too!". Now this means you care more and you do more with
your affiliate because you rather lose something but not your friends/loved ones.

Then for our last Motivation the Need for Power. Now this one is very complicated. Some of you
might think that you have this kind of drive, but think twice maybe you do not!
Because this kind of drive is for the people who wants a great influence, they want to control
others, they want to be in high status, they want to discipline others aswell as subordinate them.
Maybe they could also have some leadership because they want to be the BOSS of their thing/s.
This kind of people also gains pleasures and happiness from their vertical career developments.
And ofcourse they want to manage others because they're literally being driven by "POWER". for
a great example.... The bad politicians. They will send lots of death threats or even! Kill
somebody just to take the throne. They had a bad habit of controlling and paying others just to
do their jobs. They want to gain power more and more each day as they live. Being driven by
power is not bad... But the process of getting the "POWER" is not likely to be good. Especially if
those people couldn't get what they wanted.

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