Araytha

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞?

I would suggest that motivation is a human system whereas discipline is a human strategy….

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Motivation is related to rewards and punishments that emerge in our environment and that drive our approach and avoidance behaviour.

Discipline is more a human strategy that we might use to retain a goal-orientation

Motivation is a part of us no matter what. It is a constant. Discipline is a strategy that we use or don’t use (on a continuum)

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Well this post took off. 97K likes and over 30K shares…1.2K comments…

I appreciate all the comments…thank you.

I’ve read some of the comments and I have some further points to make…

1. I didn’t create the graph. I didn’t post it to comment on the idea that motivation changes over time.

2. The idea of motivation as a human system is pretty undeniable. Human behaviour is heavily driven by rewards and threats that influence approach and avoidance behaviour. See the work of 20th century psychologist Jeffrey Gray for more on this. His Biological Basis of Personality is heavily accepted by neuroscientists (my understanding)

3. I’m suggesting that discipline is a strategy based on the work of personality development science. Specifically in the area of character adaptations…and specifically the work of Colin DeYoung and his Cyberneyic Big 5 theory of Personality. Discipline is a strategy that constantly pressures conscientiousness (in order to meet our goals).

3. Yes…neurodivergency is constantly influencing characteristic adaptations such as discipline

4. Habit could be considered the sum total of DeYoung’s three characteristic adaptations (goals, strategies, interpretations)

5. Science is science - it’s up for debate. But the notion that motivation is not a system that is constantly pressuring behaviour is nonsense.

6. Yes…both motivation (always present) and discipline (not always present) exist…both are needed…

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