with this understanding is that our willingness to persevere…

Page 223 with this understanding is that our willingness to persevere can be enhanced when our efforts are made on behalf of a group we care about membership in a group group can be a potent source of motivation, if we feel a genuine sense of belonging to the group, and if our personal identity feels firmly tied to the group, and it's success. When these conditions are met, group membership act as a form of intrinsic motivation. That is our behavior becomes driven by factors, internal to the task, such as the satisfaction we get from contributing to a collective effort, rather than by external rewards, such as money or public recognition

— from Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation) · Extended mind by Anne Murphy paul

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