Be motivated

Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone was born on July 6, 1946 in New York City.  His father was a hairdresser and his mother was a former dancer.  His mother, Jackie, had such difficulty in childbirth that forceps had to be used to assist in Sylvester’s delivery.  His signature sneer and his unidentifiable accent, which is actually slurred speech, were the result of the nerve damage caused by the incident. Sly, along with his younger brother Frank, was raised in a hostile environment.  His parents fought a lot and later divorced.  He was not shown much affection in his home, either. He recalled his mother telling him that he didn’t have a body he could work with and, on a separate occasion, his father even told him that he didn’t have a brain.    Stallone was emotionally deprived of parents, and he did not do well in school. As a matter of fact, he was expelled from school thrice.  To make matters worse, after his parents got a divor...

"Motivation  is defined as the process that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented behaviors.  Motivation  is what causes you to act, whether it is getting a glass of water to reduce thirst or reading a book to gain knowledge." Below you can see the definition of motivation by different authors: - “Motivation is defined as the performance of an activity because it is perceived to be instrumental in achieving valued outcomes” (Teo, Lim, & Lai, 1999). “Motivation is defined as the power that triggers action that follows” (Cheng, & Cheng, 2012). Furthermore, “Motivation can be defined as everything that drives and sustains human behavior” (Gard, 2001). “Motivation may be defined as the degree to which individuals commit effort to achieve goals that they perceive as being meaningful and worthwhile” "Motivation can be defined as the desire to achieve some” goal (Hays, & Hill, 2001). Addition...