 MOTIVATION TECHNIQUES

Dear Readers,

Welcome to this month’s BEM portable business-language guide.

In this edition, we present the curious question of motivation. First we explain what motivation is and how people become motivated in the first place. Than we move on to let you in on how to tap into your team’s resources.

We are hoping that, having read this booklet, you will feel motivated enough to go and motivate others.

Get to it!

portable /ˈpɔːtəbl/ | przenośny

curious /ˈkjʊəriəs/ | ciekawy

question /ˈkwestʃən/ | kwestia

to become motivated /tə bɪˈkʌm ˈməʊtɪveɪtɪd/ | zyskiwać motywację, stawać się zmotywowanym

to move on (to) /tə muːv ɒn tə/ | przechodzić (do)

to let sb in on (a secret) /tə let ˈsʌmbədi ɪn ɒn ə ˈsiːkrət/ | uchylić komuś rąbka (tajemnicy)

to tap into sth /tə tæp ɪntə ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ | wykorzystywać coś (o zasobach)

resources /rɪˈsɔːs/ | zasoby

to feel motivated /tə fiːl ˈməʊtɪveɪtɪd/ | czuć się zmotywowanym

What Is Motivation and Where Does It Come From?

Humanist psychologist Abraham Maslow believed that motivation appears in order to prompt action and thus fulfill certain needs. Maslow’s model of a hierarchy of needs suggests that people are motivated to assure the basic needs before they move on to other, more superior needs. This concept was first introduced in 1943.

This hierarchy is most often displayed as a pyramid. The lowermost levels of the pyramid are ...