What Motivates You?

hi janey honestley when I was working what motivated me most was as a nurse's aide helping others and hearing them say thanks.but when I worked part time in the library my paycheck, the only one coming as my husband was off ill,was my huge motivator as with it I bought food for us two to survive on. I am not ashamed to say that either.

I am never motivated by outside forces. In fact the more you push , the slowed I will do what you Want me to do! My "Motivation" is that I will get the job done , in the slotted time.

I always think that is a really silly question put over by an interviewer. Most people are applying for a job because they need money. Money is a strong motivator and I would bet that the guy doing the interview is at least 90% motivated by the money he gets for working, or for running his business, and yet, he thinks that people who work for him are going to be any different? The bottom line is that the quest for pleasure motivates most of us humans, whether it be food to satisfy our hunger, warmth to satifsy our cold.. And money can buy these things. When I was a kid we used to get taken out on Sunday drives. There was one particular bridge we used to drive across that went over a river, that at low tide has these really ugly looking mud-filled banks. My dad used to say, "imagine being down there on a rainy Sunday morning squelching through the mud with no money in your pocket, nowhere to go... Oh and yes.. no coat on!" My Dad had grown up through the depression of the 20s and 30s and his family had nothing and they often went hungry. I think the river banks reminded him of how things could have developed if things hadn't improved for him. He told us that people used to wade through mud looking for shellfish and other edible stuffs. So again this sort of idea makes me question why a potential employer would ask such silly questions. _Derek

I've been to a lot of job interviews. In fact, I was just in one last Tuesday. Even when I have a job, I keep looking for the next 'great' one. A long time ago, before I started going out looking for a job, I decided on my 'standard' responses to standard interview questions. So now, when I get asked these kind of questions, my 'standard' response just roll out of my tongue and comes out naturally even if I don't necessarily believe it.

Well, I agree, it is a hard question to answer. There are lots of thing that motivate us and other things that stop us from moving forward. But, when I was working, what motivated me was that pay check at the end of the week. Also, some motivation came from a good support system a=on the job. I always got along with the bosses and that boosted my confidence. So, the actual answer to your question is, confidence motivates.

i find that a hard question too, as it depends what i'm doing, the motivation for doing something for me varies with what i am doing. i would put myself in the position of the interviewer, and depending on what sort of employer it is give the answer you think they would want. so if it were a private employer then i would talk more about being motivated by achievement, like a goal, or i enjoy a challenge, or i like to work to a target, that sort of nonsense. but if its a job that involves caring for people then something about enjoying helping people. but obviously it has to be true, which is probably is. you just chose the thing that motivates you that oomes closest to what you think the employer wants you to give as an answer. this sounds very cynical, but its the best advice i have.

I have not attended many interviews. I think seven or eight may be. But they were not really for big jobs so nothing much was expected of me. What motivates me? I needed that money...real bad.

Money. LOL. I don't know but when I know that I will be paid good money to do something (except killing or stealing), I'd be on top of my elements and finish the job on time. I know I share the same feeling with others. Money is a very huge motivating factor in everything.

I have bought a laptop recently. I bought it with installment. I also wanted buy iPad or iPhone. In these days, I am more fond of gadget. New gadget motivated me to work hard in order to be able to buy them. I was also motivated by disabled people who sit on wheelchairs and have a passion for work. I compared myself with disabilities. I was luckier than them, but I did not do more than them. Their spirit motivated me to do more and blamed myself. Thank You

What motivates me ? The challange of unswering this question is motivation enough . But well i'm here and i need work and i need money , thats motivating enough . I think thats it :)

It is totally superfluous words or that ask while knowing the answer.Do I come here not that get a job but that destroy something?Sound as if there were a touch of Anti-terrorism in it.

When the going gets tough, make yourself realize that no matter what your problem is, someone is and always will be fighting a harder battle." and "you must put up with the rain...if ya want the rainbow."

Only one thing motivates me in my life and that is the expectations of my family and my hard work. I am motivated by the hard work and trouble that he carries to care for me.

you simply say motivate to learn office administration.you should always say something before the interview board don't hesitate it is right or wrong.all best wishes for you and pray for success.

"I want to help others" and then you fill in the blank of what the job requires. For example, I said that I wanted to help others by making sure their information was correctly filed, when I tried for a file clerk's job (got it, maybe because I was a faster alphabetizer, but who knows...) So, consider what the job will be doing and then find a way that you will be helping that company complete its task.

Belief in an objective. Be it a perfect Yorkshire Pudding or the job of my dreams. Having identified the objective I then try to see ways to achieve it. In a job interview I would say something like "a sense of team achievement where we deliver the objective ideally to time and budget".... Drying up in interviews is the stuff that keeps us awake at night. Most of us have done it and I have interviewd plenty of folk that have dried up on me. If there is a glass of water on the table that is the time to reach for it and take a sip. That buys you a little time. Put yourself in the interviewer's shoes - all that s/he is looking for is someone that can take instruction, work well and resolve problems. Yoiur job is to respond well to that aspiration and bingo, you're hired. (Easier said than done I know).

Hello Janey. Well I get motivated by many things. For one my annual vacations are a great motivation for saving money. I am also motivated by helping the environment and more exactly wild animals (love frogs, amur and snow leopards, virgin forests and many more others). As for responding to an interview there may be a couple of things to say: "a good pay or a creative job" for instance.

Being able to have a good style of life and being able to provide for my children are the things that motivate me. Nothing motivates me more than the thought that my children would be able to have a really good life thanks to the things that I was able to provide for them. I don't really mind about having things for myself, as long my children are happy now and in the future that is the most important thing in my opinion. I want to be successful for their sake rather than mine, to give them a good education and the best start in their lives that I possibly can.

Hi Janey..Long time..I've missed you..I finally have some time to myself and couldn't be happier about it. After a long summer of working on the boat and a 2 week trip to France to visit a good friend I'm finally home and ready to "chill" In any case, what motivates me is money, cash, the almighty buck, bread, and anything else you want to call it. Nothing gets me up and going more than that!!

"My life is my biggest motivation. They say failure teaches better lessons than success, that is what has happened to me. I think my failures have ignited the spark I needed." Good enough?