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5 sources of Motivation:
Intrinsic Process: we do it because it’s fun
Instrumental: we do it because we’re going to be rewarded for doing it
Self Concept External: we do it because people will know that we did it, and they’ll think highly of us
Self Concept Internal: we do it because there will be a reinforcement of our own self concept
Goal Internalization: we do it because we truly believe in the cause
Understanding that nobody will end up with 100% of their motivation coming from a single source, where do you think your primary source of motivation is coming from? What about the freshmen in your movement? Let's say most of your freshmen are involved because "it's fun"...is that O.K.?
-Ethan
-Ethan
1 comment:
Hallie,
Good job Hallie! Those are some good questions. Let me give a couple responses:
1) I believe that the cause always must be central to the organization. I could give MANY examples both good and bad here, but the main point is that everyone who is involved needs to at least understand what the mission of the organization is.
Notice at the top of this blog...
As a leader it's your job to state, restate, explain, and clarify what we're about whenever given the opportunity.
Whether a person wants to engage in that mission is a whole other story. Often times we see a large influx of underclassmen, but by the time that they're upperclassmen they are no longer involved. One of the reasons for this is simply that they were never involved because of the mission.
Also, we often see people get involved just because it's fun, but after a while they begin to 'catch' the Lord's vision for reaching college students with the gospel. They stay involved because they are aligned to the vision.
2)"How do you get everyone believing in the same cause?" Well, that's pretty simple...you don't. If all the Christians in America actually believed the great comission as Jesus laid it out in the Bible...you get the point.
What we can do, however, is gather the small contingent of people who are aligned to the vision of 'putting the gospel within arms-reach of every student at WSC' and then empower them to lead toward the goal. We put our prayers, confidence, training, cheerleading, and hope behind them trusting that God will use them to accomplish his mission at WSC.
What happens if the leadership team isn't aligned to the mission? Chaos. Disorganization. Ambiguity.
This of course brings into question the manner in which a person is allowed to be a leader on campus.
They don't have to have it all figured out, but if their purpose for involvement isn't to 'put the gospel within arms reach of every student at WSC', then this isn't the right place for them.
Keep the faith...enact change...ask for help...we'll do anything!
-Ethan
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