Have you ever heard of achievement motivation?
We use the term motivation to refer to our inner voice that drives our behavior and actions every day. It depends on the person how he or she will feel motivated to do something in order to achieve the success that he or she also personally defined.
Achievement motivation in particular is when the driving force of your actions every day is dependent on goals anchored on achievement. indeed.com defines it as "a social psychology term that describes when individuals are driven, inspired or stimulated by successes or accomplishments."
'You are driven by achievement motivation when you have a lust for success and you are scared of failing. People with this kind of motivation avoid tasks where they think they will fail. They volunteer for jobs where they know they will succeed. Because they are very driven to be successful, they would work hard for straight hours so that they can achieve success. They feel fulfilled and accomplished when they do tasks and activities successfully. If you have this kind of motivation, you choose tasks with moderate difficulty instead of the most difficult ones because your goal is to complete them with flying colors. If you think you won't be able to accomplish a task, you wont challenge yourself to do it at all.
There are specific steps that you can do to use achievement motivation in reaching career success. Here are some below.
1. Have goals and commit to them.
Follow the SMART strategy and carve out specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound goals. To not feel overwhelmed, you should focus on having small and large goals every day. Your small goals will help you feel accomplished at work every day. Your big goals will carve the path out for your success. When you feel accomplished, you will more likely be motivated to work.
2. Ask for an evaluation of your work performance and adjust accordingly.
If you are ambitious and strive for achievement, asking your superior for detailed and comprehensive feedback will help you improve your performance and also show your boss how proactive you are. You will be challenging yourself to respond to this feedback, especially if it involves advice on how you can do your job and conduct yourself in the workplace. You can ask your manager to devise a system wherein you'll be getting feedback regularly.
The frequency of the feedback depends on what you agree upon—it can be weekly, monthly, or yearly. You can also step up and ask your manager to give you tasks that will excite and challenge you.
Don't be shy and share with your superior that you are motivated by achievement. This will give them a sense that you are proactive, confident and a go-getter whose personal career improvement will help the company as a whole.
3. Always have a to-do list every day and a plan for the week and the month.
This plan will be your guide and your motivation to do your best every day at work. Your question for each start of the day should be: What tasks do I need to accomplish today so that I'll feel successful? You may pick up your journal or planner to write on or use a project management software where you can track via a calendar what progress you've already achieved for a project. You would enjoy this exercise as you see in a glance the measurable goals you already have to prioritize every day so that on the last day of the week, you've accomplished a major task with your boss' approval.
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