Is there a difference between being motivated and being inspired? Today we take a look.
[callout]This episode originally appeared on the Family Before Fortune Podcast which is now the Modern Leadership Podcast. To listen to Modern Leadership click here. To see the Family Before Fortune Podcast archive click here.[/callout]
Episode Summary: Motivated or Inspired?
Motivation: a reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way’
Inspiration: the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative
From Wikipedia- Inspiration (from the Latin inspirare, meaning “to breathe into”)
| Motivation:
External Short term Selfish Competitive Can be negative Motivation pushes |
Inspiration:
Internal Adaptive Enduring Collaborative Excitement and immediate action Inspiration pulls |
Leaders inspire- but how? People are intrinsically motivated-
- Inspiring people is an inside out approach
- Is motivation the first step and then inspiration?
- Motivation focuses on how- inspiration focuses on who
- Motivation creates energy- inspiration gives that energy direction
- Connection and passion- your energy inspires others…modeling
[shareable]A motivated person can be inspired but there is no need to motivate an Inspired person.[/shareable]
Book on The Shelf
[callout]The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg[/callout]
Learning From Leaders
[shareable cite=”Mike Murdock”]Pay any price to stay in the presence of extraordinary people[/shareable]