To what extent ismoney a motivator?

[PeterM]

To what extent is money a motivator for you?

I'm doing a lot of reading on management business theories and some suggest money is the dirving force behind all people, others suggest that it is self-actualisation that people work for.

So, do you:
1. Work for money alone
2. Work for the sheer enjoyment of succeeding at tasks and contributing within a group
3. A mixture of both, but which one would you rank as more important?

[Uzzaman]

At 5/23/10 05:30 PM, Diddy wrote:

1. Work for money alone

It would be this, but also, I have to find some kind of satisfaction in what I'm doing.

[BrainlessDan]

I'm am one of the laziest people ever, almost nothing motivates me.

Sometimes money can't even motivate me.

[jizzedpubes]

Money is everything.

Enough money can make a man kill himself. Yeah, if he gets several trillion dollars going to his family, he'll killl himself.

[Makakaov]

At 5/23/10 05:34 PM, BrainlessDan wrote: I'm am one of the laziest people ever, almost nothing motivates me.

Sometimes money can't even motivate me.

Get the fuck back to your pool, watch kids to not dwotn in 30 cm depth.

[BrainlessDan]

At 5/23/10 05:36 PM, Makakaov wrote:

At 5/23/10 05:34 PM, BrainlessDan wrote: I'm am one of the laziest people ever, almost nothing motivates me.

Sometimes money can't even motivate me.

Get the fuck back to your pool, watch kids to not dwotn in 30 cm depth.

But i don't have a pool.

[RubberTrucky]

I work for making money, cause without money I wouldn't be able to buy food and pay for water/electricity/internet and whores

But I don't necessarily want to be a multi-millionaire.

[PeterM]

At 5/23/10 05:34 PM, BrainlessDan wrote: I'm am one of the laziest people ever, almost nothing motivates me.

That's interesting. So would you consider staying in bed more satisfactory than going out and being satisfied in work and earning money? Think the theory is opportunity cost, whereby you use cognitive processes to weigh up your options;

E.g. Stay in bed. Effort = 0.1 / Satisfaction = 6.5 = 0.015X
E.g. Go to work. Effort = 0.7 / Satisfaction = 0.107X

So in terms of satisfaction per unit of effort, even money wouldn't motivate you.

[LOLZILLA]

wut

[shaeke]

You should donate all your money.

[BrainlessDan]

At 5/23/10 05:39 PM, Diddy wrote: So in terms of satisfaction per unit of effort, even money wouldn't motivate you.

Nope, i just like sitting around putting the least amount of effort possible into things.

[Ptero]

I like to enjoy whatever I do, but money is a must.

[Fantum]

I tend to believe that everyone has a price. You could get someone to do almost anything for the right price.
Of course there are people who would never do some things no matter what, because they have some sort of extreme moral opposition or something to that extent.

I like doing things out of the pleasure of doing them, but money ranks much higher. If you pay me enough, I'll do whatever you want.

[InsertFunnyUserName]

I've never actually worked a job for money where the very idea of doing so was enough to keep me motivated. I'm still in school and thus I haven't had a chance to pursue a career wherein I was doing something that validated me as a person. My pursuits for a job are, at this point, still almost entirely in the interest of money because why else would I stand behind a counter for seven hours a day in the middle of July if it weren't for taking home paycheck? In other words, I don't think I have the experience to say for sure that I am ultimately money-driven in my career pursuits, but I am at the moment.

[EJR]

At 5/23/10 05:34 PM, BrainlessDan wrote: I'm am one of the laziest people ever, almost nothing motivates me.

Sometimes money can't even motivate me.

Same as this guy. It's a real problem.

[GoryBlizzard]

Every single job I've worked my whole life (I've done several) was for the money. I don't think most people can afford to work for free no matter how good the job is. I always dreaded getting up early to go to work, and without the paychecks, I would have been gone in a heartbeat.

However, I did have one job almost 3 years ago that had more value to me than just the money, and that was at a music studio in Midtown Manhattan. My job back then was to help assist in running special events, and I also had a desk in a small office. Near my desk, I had a drum set, guitar and bass to pass the time with. I wish I could still work there now, but my boss eventually ended up in some financial turmoil and no longer lives in NYC.

[Luke]

You wouldn't work if you didn't earn anything, you earn money though, therefore it motivates you to work.
That's about it.

Money also motivates me to buy drugs.

[Ragnarokia]

Money buys power, power makes money, money buys power,

[Erty]

When it comes to work, I never work for the money, I work for getting a better reputation and the feeling of accomplishing something. However, money is a minimum as I need payment for my work to keep myself supplied.

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

Money alone is my motivation for working at the crappy job I have now. Most of it goes to what I actually love. Which is music and my car.

[Penrodeo]

Money is a motivating factor but the joy of what you're doing tops it for me. I don't consider it honorable to just work a job for the money. I'd rather be homeless than have a shitty high paying job.

[PeterM]

Some interesting replies.

Money is regarded as a motivator to fuel the basic necessities in life, food, shelter and external motivating factors (Such as your car, your home etc), but it's been interesting to see some of you regard a job as having to be enjoyable as possible.

If you don't feel motivated, look up management motivation theory on Google and have a read through, some REALLY interesting stuff.

[KillswitchParadox]

I don't 'want' money, but I 'need' money.
Let's leave it at that.

[PeterM]

At 5/24/10 08:35 AM, KillswitchParadox wrote: I don't 'want' money, but I 'need' money.

Yeah, money is needed to cover essentials like food, water, shelter and clothing.

It's when enjoyment and satisfaction start to affect people's choices that they choose jobs which can give them more money., which is just human nature I suppose.

People can get enjoyment out of work, in which case they don't do it primarily for the money.
People can get enjoyment out of "free-time" activities, in which case they need a job to supply the money to finance these activities.

And for every decision there is a complex cognitive process that goes on which decides how much effort we are going to put into something to get the reward.

[Fro]

I've never worked a job that I haven't enjoyed and it was never about the money. I actually never ask about the money when on a job interview or anything like that. As long as the work is something that I'll enjoy then I'm fine with it.

[Ericho]

At 5/23/10 05:30 PM, Diddy wrote: 3. A mixture of both, but which one would you rank as more important?

I guess I would say both, but #2 is probably more important. I would have gone more with #2 in the beginning, but then my car got totalled and I was losing money fast and I sincerely need to get some money with me as I have a job that it is really taking time off for me and I need more income from somewhere, obviously.

[4Doctodragon]

I'd be a mixture of both. However I'm more about the mula. I wanna be rich, bitchez.