| "Amar, if we implement this new performance | | | | circumstances.Let's move the story further. |
| evaluation system, all the kids would be | | | | The doctor was a nice and understanding man. |
| demotivated and frustrated. It has a negative | | | | You went to the nearest drug store to buy the |
| effect on morale!!!"....Now this is something | | | | medicines the doctor prescribed. The guy |
| I have heard so many time in my life. And | | | | there is really frustrated because he does |
| maybe I get very frustrated just hearing the | | | | not get any appreciation for his work. He |
| word "frustrated" :-DThe first question to be | | | | feels that he is sick and tired of giving the |
| answered here is what motivates a person to | | | | same medicines for fever so instead of |
| work ?According to many these are the reasons | | | | paracetamol he gives rat poison. You did not |
| that motivate people to work -Work | | | | notice it and gave the medicine to you mom... |
| Environment and colleagues.Salary, status and | | | | Let's not even think what happened next... |
| securityAchievementRecognition for | | | | :(Let's take another example where you are |
| achievementInterest in the particular | | | | sending your mom on a flight to London. The |
| assignmentGrowth and advancement to higher | | | | aircrafts maintenance engineer is |
| levels | | | | "frustrated" with his job because all he has |
| | | | to do is handle the same Boeing 737, 747 and |
| So now the simple question is that even if | | | | Airbus 320. His dream job was to work in |
| we have all the above at your work place we | | | | NASA, but unfortunately NASA had other |
| get so "frustrated and demotivated". Here's | | | | dreams... The maintenance engineer feels |
| what I hear about it.Repetition in the job we | | | | that there is nothing challenging in his job |
| do i.e. we are do the same thing over and | | | | and it was repetitive. So on this day he |
| over againLack of appreciationLack of an | | | | decides not to check the aircraft well and |
| environment to learn new technologiesHere are | | | | the flight crashes. I am sure you would not |
| some situations that could happen to anyone | | | | like him..So now I again I wonder what is the |
| of us.Consider that your Mom is running a | | | | most important aspect that should motivate us |
| high temperature and you take her to the | | | | to work. Well here's what I could figure out. |
| doctor. When you reach there the doctor says | | | | The first and the most important aspect is to |
| that "This is the 125th fever case this | | | | understand our responsibility. We must |
| month, I refuse to treat your mom... Nobody | | | | understand that for each job there is a |
| appreciates my job, I will not get a lot of | | | | customer and he comes to us because he needs |
| money for treating you and this is repetitive | | | | us. We have to cater to this need, else this |
| work." If this leads to something fatal, I | | | | job would not exist in the first place.For |
| am sure you would not be very happy with what | | | | every profession there is a role and |
| the doctor did. But if the doctor thinks like | | | | responsibility and we have to live up to it. |
| us, he has all the right in the world to be | | | | I remember reading an interview of Shah Rukh |
| frustrated and demotivated.Many of us think | | | | Khan , the famous Indian actor, on Reader's |
| that doctors are supposed to be more services | | | | Digest once. Here's one question which drives |
| oriented. Doctors needs to understand their | | | | home my point very well.RD: Besides the fame, |
| "Job Responsibility". Hence, they have to | | | | what pleasure do you get out of acting? |
| look after their patients under all | | | | |