I was just reading this piece about motivation and it rang true to me. Which then led me to considering what my own mental state these days is. And I found out that indeed the purpose is what i was missing in my work for the last months and that led to degraded motivation.
Fortunately, things are changing here. Just remember, when you feel lack of motivation (at work/family/hobby/sports take your pick) try to see if you for yourself still feel a purpose in what you are doing. Maybe by thinking about it, you can find it or redefine it.
It works the other way around of course, too. When you want to motivate someone, you better show him a purpose for him and his role instead, in what basically you yourself want to achieve (otherwise, what motivates you to talk to that person in the first place?). If you can show him a purpose he can feel, his motivation will not be your worry.
And then there are other motivators:
Fortunately, the success of those guys has on average a rather short lifetime.
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