Complete the Decision-Making Style and What Motivates You? (attached below). Post your results in a Self-Assessment template and reflect on your learning
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What Motivates You?
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Yes
No
I like to help people.
I like to plan for other people’s welfare on a large scale.
I like to feel I am useful and needed.
I like to be involved with groups that sponsor activities to help
others.
I like to use my energies to help make the world a better place to
live.
What others think of what I do is important to me.
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1
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1
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2
1
Add the values of the checks to determine your motivation from SOCIAL CONCERNS. Total Score: _______
Statements
Yes
No
I like to do things that help develop my talents.
I think when I choose a career, I will be happier if I am in nonconfining work that will tap my abilities to the fullest.
I think that a lot of my natural talent will be wasted if I don’t
find the right job.
Being able to develop my abilities is very important.
I have a lot of ideas and am eager to try them out.
I work best without rules and limits.
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1
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1
Add the values to determine your motivation from a desire for SELF-EXPRESSION. Total Score: _______
Statements
Yes
No
Material things are very important to me.
When on my own, I plan to maintain a comfortable style of living.
I want to have a high income as possible and will pick a career
accordingly.
I want to be financially independent.
The career I select will be/is based on salary.
I will measure my worth as a person by how much money I earn.
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1
Add the values to determine your motivation from a desire for MONEY. Total Score:
Statements
Easy work bores me.
If a difficult problem arises, I have the urge to tackle it.
Without challenging work, I feel frustrated and unfulfilled.
I like working on assignments requiring learning and effort.
I require intellectual challenges that stimulate my thinking.
I prefer to work on new, unexpected projects rather than do
the same job each day.
Yes
5
5
5
5
5
5
No
4
4
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4
4
Add the values to determine your motivation from activities offering a CHALLENGE. Total Score:
3
3
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Statements
Yes
I want to be with and work with people who share my interests.
I like to be a part of a team effort.
The isolation of working alone depresses me.
I like to meet new people.
I enjoy meeting and talking with people who have had interesting
experiences.
I like to discuss ideas, thoughts, and feelings with others in groups.
No
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1
Add the values to determine your motivation for interest in INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. Total Score:______
Statements
Yes
I always welcome changing activities and changing roles.
I enjoy a variety of tasks rather than doing just one thing.
I can give time and energy to more than one thing at a time.
I dislike routine activities and thrive on variety.
I am not afraid of new places or people – they excite me
I can keep details of many activities in my head.
No
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3
Add the values to determine your motivation from activities offering a VARIETY. Total Score:
Statements
Statements
Yes
No
Yes
I believe that hard work builds character.
We all have a responsibility to work toward a better world.
Work gives me a sense of purpose.
I would never compromise my values for personal gain.
I like to be involved with people and groups that I respect.
I care about the way my life affects the people whom I have contact, as
well as society as a whole.
No
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3
Add the values to determine your motivation from issues of MORAL VALUES. Total Score:
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I want the feeling I can depend on myself entirely.
I want some part of my life to be independent from the others with
whom I share my life.
I like to do things on my own without a lot of orders or direction.
I want the chance to use my capacity for independent thinking and
action.
I like being responsible for a project from start to finish.
My friends and family will respect my ability to support myself.
Yes
No
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Add the values to determine your motivation from INDEPENDENCE. Total Score:
Statements
Yes
I have the ability to offer ideas and suggestions in many situations.
I like to come up with new solutions to old problems.
I tackle problems that others prefer to avoid.
I like to try out my original solutions rather than rely on the
usual ones.
I like to develop better ways to get things done.
When I use creativity, it gives me a good feeling about myself.
No
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Add the values to determine your motivation from opportunity to use your CREATIVITY. Total Score:
Statements
Yes
I like to have my work appreciated by my family and friends.
I want to be acknowledged by others in my field.
I want my job to be with an established, prestigious company.
I want a job that is glamorous in the eyes of others.
The title that I might have on a job is important to me.
Having the respect of the people who know me is important.
No
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3
Add the values to determine your motivation for personal RECOGNITION. Total Score:
Statements
Yes
I do not like to waste my time.
When I do something, I like to do it well.
I enjoy seeing the results of my efforts.
I like to have a goal and then be able to work toward that goal.
It is important that I be able to continue to learn and grow.
I feel good when I learn from an experience I have had.
No
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3
Add the vales to determine your motivation from a need for ACHIEVEMENT. Total Score:
Statements
I am a natural leader.
I enjoy planning and organizing activities with my friends.
I like to supervise the work of others.
I like to see thing improve as a result of my efforts.
My friends seem to respond to my ideas and suggestions.
I am good at getting things going when others are getting bored.
Yes
No
5
5
5
5
5
5
Add the values to determine your motivation from a knack for LEADERSHIP. Total Score:
4
4
4
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3
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3
Statements
Yes
I want it organize my life around interesting things to do.
I like to be so absorbed in my work that time goes quickly.
At the end of the day, I need to feel that I have accomplished
something.
I like to throw myself into a project and become totally wrapped
up in it.
I am interested in a lot of different things.
When I select a career, I need for it to be so interesting that I will
even think about it when I am home from work.
No
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Add the values to determine your motivation from activities that match your PERSONAL INTERESTS.
Total Score:
SCORE
AREA
SCORE
AREA
___________
Social Concerns
___________
Independence
___________
Self Expression
___________
Creativity
___________
Money
___________
Recognition
___________
Challenge
___________
Achievement
___________
Interpersonal Relationships
___________
Leadership
___________
Variety
___________
Personal Interests
___________
Moral Values
Interests
Leadership
Achievement
Recognition
Creativity
Independence
Moral / Values
Variety
Relationships
Challenge
Money
Self-Express
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25
20
15
10
5
Social
Plotting Your Motivator Scores
My Peak Motivators Are:
1) _______________________________________
2) _____________________________________
3) _______________________________________
4) _____________________________________
Source: Adapted from FYC “The Workbook,” 2002-2003 Chapter 9, Pages 158-162
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know but reflect a bit on that affirmation as well.
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