What are Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation? What's the difference?

When you learn about motivation, you will hear about ‘intrinsic motivation’ and ‘extrinsic motivation’. And you may also hear that intrinsic motivators are better than extrinsic motivators. So, what’s the difference, and is one ‘better’ than the other?

All the different things that can motivate us can be grouped into two categories:
1. Extrinsic Motivators
2. Intrinsic Motivators

Extrinsic motivation arises from motivators that lie outside of us. The effects that drive us are outside of us.

Intrinsic motivation arises from internal motivators arising from emotional changes. The effects that drive us are inside of us.

Each form of motivation can be helpful in the right contexts.

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02:34 - Back to Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation
02:48 - Extrinsic Motivation
03:30 - Intrinsic Motivation
04:53 - Is Intrinsic Motivation better than Extrinsic Motivation?
06:16 - The best Extrinsic Motivators

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[Onlinepmcourses]

Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation offer us the two primary concepts in motivation theory. So, I'll explain what they are, how they differ, and whether one os really 'better' than the other.

[peterreed]

I spoke to my team about this very subject and th concensus was that extrinsic motivation made up about 80-90% of their motivation; therefore intrinsic motivation only made up 10-20% of motivation. They said you can't take anything related to intrinsic motivation to the bank and as such it had far less value. I found this intriguing.

[trevorkirungi]

This is so elaborate, great works & keep it up.