A purposeful job or a pretty penny? What really motivates us most and how to attain it

What really motivates us? A question as old as civilisation itself. Are we in fact driven primarily by money, as some say? And if purpose plays a role, how do we find it? Co tak naprawdę nas motywuje? Pytanie tak stare jak sama cywilizacja. Czy faktycznie kierujemy się przede wszystkim pieniędzmi, jak twierdzą niektórzy? A jeśli cel odgrywa rolę, jak go odnajdujemy?

Empirical evidence indicates that there is no better way to motivate yourself than finding meaning and purpose in what you do. Extrinsic motivators, rewards, incentives, appreciation from your manager and colleagues - they all are of importance, but cannot be con sidered equal to a feeling of purpose. Having said that, some of our needs will be more urgent than others.

Originally, humanist psychology and, specifically, Abraham Maslow argued that people’s needs have a hierarchical structure, with deficiency needs, such as our physiological needs, the need for safety, love and belonging, and the need for esteem at the lower levels of the hierarchy and self-actualisation and other growth needs at the top. It seems only logical that we are rarely interested in higher purpose and self-development when suffering hunger. But there