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Find a calling or live a life that isn't yours. Why Money Motivates Performers But Not Leaders
Where to find motivation when it is impossible to make plans for the future
In the last two years it was difficult to set goals and predict my life. This seriously affected the motivation of people. Already at the beginning of 2021, in the course of a survey conducted by Megaplan among 1,655 employees and managers of small and medium-sized businesses, motivation decreased in 49.4% of respondents. Almost 30% reported that the events of 2020 did not affect their ability to work and motivation in any way. Another 22% answered that the year of the epidemic and restrictions gave them an incentive to work harder.
Goal setting
The drop in motivation has become a serious challenge for people not only in work, but also in life and everyday matters. Psychologists note that the lack of clear goals in life can lead to despair, anxiety and cognitive illness. For example, since 1997, the global project Rush Memory and Aging has been studying the issues of aging and memory. Studies in different countries have shown that older patients with a goal in life are 2.5 times more likely to get rid of dementia and 52% less likely to have a stroke. This opinion is confirmed by Russian experts.
“The chance of recovering from serious illnesses and increasing life expectancy is higher for those who are really engaged in something interesting, feel a great responsibility,” emphasizes Nadezhda Chernyshova, therapist. “The lack of goals that ignite and allow you to feel the fullness of life often leads to a deterioration in physical condition.” If an active person after retirement does not find himself and an interesting occupation, he quickly loses his health and passes away, explains Chernyshova. The opposite example is older scientists who continue to teach and develop, thereby maintaining cognitive functions.
Another study, titled Life Purpose as a Measure of Mortality in Adults, was conducted in 2014 by Patrick L. Hill and Nicholas A. Turiano. Purpose in life as a predictor of mortality across adulthood). They found that even a single deviation from ordinary everyday life in the direction of increasing their goal reduces the risk of death over the next decade by 15%. And this does not depend on the age at which people set a goal.
Live not your life
Most often, the concept of "motivation" is applied to work or some kind of activity. According to a survey by VTsIOM, in 2021, decent wages (44%) became the main motivation for Russians to work. At the same time, 24% of respondents are ready to work better if the salary is higher.
However, monetary compensation does not always satisfy people's deeper, inner and spiritual needs. The material side is more often characteristic of people who are performers, rather than leaders who are masters of their own destiny, says Olga Makhovskaya, senior researcher at the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. “For a performer, external motivation is practically the only one, but he will perform someone else's program, not on his own initiative. Such is bargaining with fate: a high readiness to perform for a salary. He delegates responsibility for his life to other people, ”Makhovskaya emphasizes.
A person may not be aware of this, but psychological crises that occur once every 10 years exacerbate the feeling that he is not living his own life. “The feeling of alienation arises when a person performs reasonable, socially useful work, but which he did not invent. So the child follows the instructions of the parents, then 30-40 years pass, and he is still in this program, ”Makhovskaya gives an example. The person becomes so accustomed to following this script that the alleged "freedom" is constantly delayed. “Such a postponement can occur until the end of days. As a result, a person does not live his life. At the same time, outwardly, she can be quite prosperous: a person built a house, raised a child, wrote a book - he is not ashamed. But it could be different. An inexplicable longing arises, ”says Makhovskaya. All this leads to rebellion, when a person “rewrites” himself, remembers who he wanted to be, whom he loved and what he was ready to fight for. During this period, serious conflicts often occur in outwardly prosperous families: long-delayed divorces or a complete break with parents. A person is trying to return to himself, to find himself real.
Find your calling
Successful entrepreneurs find different motivations for their business. Sergei Mironov,
the founder of the Meat & Fish restaurants, the Ombudsman for the Moscow restaurant business notes that it is important for him to enjoy his work: to develop dishes, as well as new management systems, trainings and see the result in this. “It's an interesting game for me,” Mironov explains. - In some places, such male vanity - to get a result higher, better than others. Maybe that's my motivation."
During the pandemic period in Mironov's life, there were moments when he had to be disappointed in some processes and people.
Where to find motivation when it is impossible to make plans for the future
In the last two years it was difficult to set goals and predict my life. This seriously affected the motivation of people. Already at the beginning of 2021, in the course of a survey conducted by Megaplan among 1,655 employees and managers of small and medium-sized businesses, motivation decreased in 49.4% of respondents. Almost 30% reported that the events of 2020 did not affect their ability to work and motivation in any way. Another 22% answered that the year of the epidemic and restrictions gave them an incentive to work harder.
Goal setting
The drop in motivation has become a serious challenge for people not only in work, but also in life and everyday matters. Psychologists note that the lack of clear goals in life can lead to despair, anxiety and cognitive illness. For example, since 1997, the global project Rush Memory and Aging has been studying the issues of aging and memory. Studies in different countries have shown that older patients with a goal in life are 2.5 times more likely to get rid of dementia and 52% less likely to have a stroke. This opinion is confirmed by Russian experts.
“The chance of recovering from serious illnesses and increasing life expectancy is higher for those who are really engaged in something interesting, feel a great responsibility,” emphasizes Nadezhda Chernyshova, therapist. “The lack of goals that ignite and allow you to feel the fullness of life often leads to a deterioration in physical condition.” If an active person after retirement does not find himself and an interesting occupation, he quickly loses his health and passes away, explains Chernyshova. The opposite example is older scientists who continue to teach and develop, thereby maintaining cognitive functions.
Another study, titled Life Purpose as a Measure of Mortality in Adults, was conducted in 2014 by Patrick L. Hill and Nicholas A. Turiano. Purpose in life as a predictor of mortality across adulthood). They found that even a single deviation from ordinary everyday life in the direction of increasing their goal reduces the risk of death over the next decade by 15%. And this does not depend on the age at which people set a goal.
Live not your life
Most often, the concept of "motivation" is applied to work or some kind of activity. According to a survey by VTsIOM, in 2021, decent wages (44%) became the main motivation for Russians to work. At the same time, 24% of respondents are ready to work better if the salary is higher.
However, monetary compensation does not always satisfy people's deeper, inner and spiritual needs. The material side is more often characteristic of people who are performers, rather than leaders who are masters of their own destiny, says Olga Makhovskaya, senior researcher at the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. “For a performer, external motivation is practically the only one, but he will perform someone else's program, not on his own initiative. Such is bargaining with fate: a high readiness to perform for a salary. He delegates responsibility for his life to other people, ”Makhovskaya emphasizes.
A person may not be aware of this, but psychological crises that occur once every 10 years exacerbate the feeling that he is not living his own life. “The feeling of alienation arises when a person performs reasonable, socially useful work, but which he did not invent. So the child follows the instructions of the parents, then 30-40 years pass, and he is still in this program, ”Makhovskaya gives an example. The person becomes so accustomed to following this script that the alleged "freedom" is constantly delayed. “Such a postponement can occur until the end of days. As a result, a person does not live his life. At the same time, outwardly, she can be quite prosperous: a person built a house, raised a child, wrote a book - he is not ashamed. But it could be different. An inexplicable longing arises, ”says Makhovskaya. All this leads to rebellion, when a person “rewrites” himself, remembers who he wanted to be, whom he loved and what he was ready to fight for. During this period, serious conflicts often occur in outwardly prosperous families: long-delayed divorces or a complete break with parents. A person is trying to return to himself, to find himself real.
Find your calling
Successful entrepreneurs find different motivations for their business. Sergei Mironov,
the founder of the Meat & Fish restaurants, the Ombudsman for the Moscow restaurant business notes that it is important for him to enjoy his work: to develop dishes, as well as new management systems, trainings and see the result in this. “It's an interesting game for me,” Mironov explains. - In some places, such male vanity - to get a result higher, better than others. Maybe that's my motivation."
During the pandemic period in Mironov's life, there were moments when he had to be disappointed in some processes and people.
“If I feel like I’m losing motivation, then I don’t get hung up, I don’t force myself to do something that I don’t like. I switch to another target. If this is not a business, then some kind of community service, benefits for the restaurant business, justice for small and medium-sized businesses. If I see that I can be more useful somewhere, then I take it and do it, ”says Mironov. At the same time, he does not use willpower in his work: “Willpower is needed when, having clenched your teeth, you do something that does not work out or that you do not believe in. If you love what you do, you don't need willpower."
Athletes have a different approach. Russian gymnast, four-time Olympic champion Alexei Nemov considers willpower a very important aspect. “Willpower, approach to business, character and the ability to overcome one’s “I can’t, I don’t want, I won’t” - life is made up of these things. Tell yourself “you have to”, go and do it,” emphasizes Nemov. Helps not to lose heart and responsibility to the team. “You train three times a day for 20 years and every time you say: that’s it, I can’t do it anymore. Then you look at your guys, friends who wake up with you at 7.05 to be together at training at 7.15, and you understand that you can’t let them down. Despite my injury, the Olympic Games are ahead.”
For most of his life, he was motivated by the main dream - to become an Olympic champion. He went to her step by step, trained a lot, went through defeats, failures and victories. The main motivators were the closest people - my mother, the coach and the athletes with whom he lived in the same room for 10 years - who actually became a family. Nemov emphasizes that the taste of victory can be felt only after going through a difficult path. “Failures and victories are impossible without each other. If you win all the time, you cannot understand the charm of victory, I have never met such people. Defeat is also a part of success, and the most important thing here is to know when and where to win, when to give your best.”
Many successful people admit that they achieved good results because they found their calling and enjoy their work. Oleg Klimov, owner of the SDG group of companies, vice president of the Russian Council of Shopping Centers, has been in business for 30 years. “No matter what I encounter, after some time, there will always be an understanding of why I did it. Therefore, I like everything that I do, ”says Klimov.
Klimov is also motivated by business income. “When you make money from something, it works better than when you work idle for a while. But in any case, willpower is required to lift something. The loss of motivation is a signal that you should not engage in this direction, Klimov believes.
Klimov sees the result of his work and efforts as opportunities for a successful and happy life, education of children and ensuring a peaceful old age for his parents: “The global goal for all of us is for children to be born, educated, grow up and be able to use what you have earned. This is probably the most important thing. But it is also important to develop yourself in all directions, in travel, in business - everywhere. That's what you earn to see it all"
Athletes have a different approach. Russian gymnast, four-time Olympic champion Alexei Nemov considers willpower a very important aspect. “Willpower, approach to business, character and the ability to overcome one’s “I can’t, I don’t want, I won’t” - life is made up of these things. Tell yourself “you have to”, go and do it,” emphasizes Nemov. Helps not to lose heart and responsibility to the team. “You train three times a day for 20 years and every time you say: that’s it, I can’t do it anymore. Then you look at your guys, friends who wake up with you at 7.05 to be together at training at 7.15, and you understand that you can’t let them down. Despite my injury, the Olympic Games are ahead.”
For most of his life, he was motivated by the main dream - to become an Olympic champion. He went to her step by step, trained a lot, went through defeats, failures and victories. The main motivators were the closest people - my mother, the coach and the athletes with whom he lived in the same room for 10 years - who actually became a family. Nemov emphasizes that the taste of victory can be felt only after going through a difficult path. “Failures and victories are impossible without each other. If you win all the time, you cannot understand the charm of victory, I have never met such people. Defeat is also a part of success, and the most important thing here is to know when and where to win, when to give your best.”
Many successful people admit that they achieved good results because they found their calling and enjoy their work. Oleg Klimov, owner of the SDG group of companies, vice president of the Russian Council of Shopping Centers, has been in business for 30 years. “No matter what I encounter, after some time, there will always be an understanding of why I did it. Therefore, I like everything that I do, ”says Klimov.
Klimov is also motivated by business income. “When you make money from something, it works better than when you work idle for a while. But in any case, willpower is required to lift something. The loss of motivation is a signal that you should not engage in this direction, Klimov believes.
Klimov sees the result of his work and efforts as opportunities for a successful and happy life, education of children and ensuring a peaceful old age for his parents: “The global goal for all of us is for children to be born, educated, grow up and be able to use what you have earned. This is probably the most important thing. But it is also important to develop yourself in all directions, in travel, in business - everywhere. That's what you earn to see it all"