STOP TRYING TO MOTIVATE SOMEONE!

This is critical so pay attention.

(Laughing, but not really!)

There is no way on earth to do this.

You cannot motivate someone other than yourself.

Motivation always comes from within.

It can’t be imposed from without.

You can’t coax, bribe, bully, or force motivation for anything on any person.

The word has the wrong conventional meaning.

On a surface level, we can cite the conventional wisdom that says, for example, “If you offer me a higher salary to change jobs,” we call that motivation.

On a low bar scale, it is. Conversationally, I guess.

But it is wrongheaded and gets us into difficulty and off track.

The higher salary is an incentive.

People misname or misidentify it as motivation.

If you hate the work offered, you will not be ‘motivated’ to work harder, be more competent, learn more, etc.

You will simply like earning (?) getting more money.

NOW, THE SOLUTION

YOU CAN INSPIRE someone to work harder.

But the person must respond to any inspiration from inside themselves.