How to figure out what motivates you at work

There are a few things you can do if you’d like your intrinsic motivation to be more dominant in your work. There are days when you go to work and you get things done because it’s your job to do so. But hopefully there are also days when you look forward to aspects of your job because the work you’re doing is exciting and meaningful. These two modes reflect the difference between what psychologists call extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation is when there are outside...