How would you motivate someone without using money?

Question

Someone once said that all great movies are either about death or sex. Motivating someone through fear of death is immoral. Motivation people by awarding them with sex is, of course, difficult, because both parties have to be willing.

What else is there?

People are motivated by awards like the Nobel Prizes and Olympic medals. People who play online video games are motivated to keep playing by the points and levels they achieve, along with other things, like being able to do and see new things. How would you design a system that makes use of these alternative motivations to get things done?

Answer 1

Money is a motivator, but generally not the biggest motivator. It is only temporary. If you give someone a raise, within weeks that has become the norm. The biggest motivator is RECOGNITION...thats what all of your examples have in common. Good people managers know how to use recognition wisely. You know how you go to a store and the clerks are rude or ineffective? This is not a labor problem...thats what most people say...no one wants to work these days. This is a management problem. No matter what pay you make or what level you work at, every job is boring. You have to use recognition to show people that they are special and that they are appreciated. This is the way you motivate people to do more and accomplish more. This recognition makes them feel good about themselves and makes them want to accomplish more.

Answer 2

You sound like a reasonably intelligent person. Have you tried motivating people with praise?
Different people have different sorts of rewards. In a small organization where each person's involvement is essential to the success of the organization, it is best to just go ahead and ask people about their personal motivations, then make sure that the work is personally rewarding to those people. A non-monetary personal reward means that the person feels that the work is important and valuable and they are allowed to persue the most important and valuable aspects of it. The work itself becomes rewarding that way.
In a larger organization, you need to tell your people what personal rewards your organization's activities have to offer- maybe travel, meeting people, status withing the organization or whatever. the important thing is to let people know that their boss is thinking about their personal rewards and that the boss knows what to offer.
In the professional world, money will always be the primary motivator. In personal relationships, sex is often the main motivator. Mixing the two is illegal in the US, as are other motivators like threats of violence.
The motivations you use with people will vary according to the situation and the relationship. Some types of motivation are appropriate in some circumstances and completely inappropriate in others. I think that one thing holds true across the board: if you conceal your thoughts about motivating other people, you are manipulating them.
It is a much larger subject than can be fully addressed in a Yahoo!Answer. People give seminars on this subject and its various aspects and some of those seminars can go for a few days or weeks to cover all the material.
But you might want to study it in that kind of depth because you're a smart person.
And kind of hot.
Heehee!

Answer 3

In my opinion, different people and situations use different techniques. For example: what may motivate someone in a relationship, might not necessarily motivate a someone in business or student. My advice: be flexible!

One's motivation can sometimes come from external things, like tangible rewards and payments, but NOT always. Some people may simply be motivated by frequent praise and recognition. Let's not be oblivious, however, there are others out there that are simply motivated by power, achievement, competition, curiosity, etc. The links below speak of several different techniques and theories regarding motivation:

Answer 4

Not everyone is motivated by money because I am not. I know in my heart that if I am to have it, then the Lord will bless me with it and that is that.

The best way to train someone using positive reinforcement is to find out what they like and reward them with it when they do something positive.

A simple example would be what I did with my employees a few years back when I worked for this company. I found out what each person liked that they could have while working and when they did something that went above and beyond their job description, or completed their daily work efficiently with little to no mistakes, they were rewarded with things like candy bars, lunch, the chance to go home early. It depended on the person. But also when the individuals perform well, the whole department does well as a result, so I did things like reward them with office lunches and things of that nature.

What people dont realize is that if you find out what matters to people, then appreciate and reward them accordingly, they will do what is expected of them. Threaten them and they just might make you own up to that threat.

Answer 5

There are lots of ways to motivate people without money: Competition is one, appeal to their pride and or vanity, involving them in a cause that benefits others, tapping into their own internal motivations; look around, people do things all the time because they want to and for no other reason.

Answer 6

There are actually three things that motivate us all.

1. Money
2. Sex
3. Power

You can motivate anyone with one of the above depending upon the person's need.

Answer 7

the key to motivation is this: getting your target to do what you want. now in order for this to happen you have to do what THEY want. For example, you give a friend money (what they want) for sex (what you want)...of course what they want will depend on the situation.....like their want could be fear of being fired by a boss, so instead they will do whatever they are told. READ DALE CARNEGIE'S How to Win Friends and Influence People. its great

Answer 8

Check out Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. It shows the results of studies done and what motivates people.

Answer 9

How are people motivated ? The same way employers do it , by intimidation. They try to always make you fearful that you will be fired. Doesn't work on me.

Answer 10

persuasion. you persuade people to do things by offering a "reward" which could be self gratification (feeling good about themselves) People get a sense of pride when they have done a job well. Praise is often the key