Does motivation come from our deepest desires, or is it all about the dangled carrot of external validation? Can you even control it, or are you just a puppet on the strings of your ever-fluctuating emotions? What's the deal with self-belief and motivation? Does changing your outfit to "power pants" actually do anything? To what extent is motivation tied to personal identity, and can we choose what motivates us?

•Opening Theme 00:31

•Questions & Topic 00:33

•Segue 04:21

•Interlude 00:05

•Primordial Motivations 06:33

•Interlude 00:05

Motivations Throughout History 06:53

•Interlude 00:05

•Modern Science of Motivation 18:45

•Interlude 00:05

•Motivations Throughout History 06:53

•Overcoming Challenges 04:48

Credits:

"Dance of Felt" by Blue Dot Sessions

"The Over-justification Effect" Lepper MR, Greene D, Nisbett RE. Undermining children's intrinsic interest with extrinsic reward: a test of the "overjustification" hypothesis. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1973;28(1):129-137.

This episode was researched with help from Open AI's Chat GPT.