"The word 'motivation' shares its root with 'emotion': both come from the Latin motere, to move. Our motives give us our aims and the drive to achieve them. Anything that's motivating makes us feel good. As one scientist put it to me, "The way nature gets us to do what it wants is by making it a pleasure." Our motives dictate where we find our pleasures. But when it comes to pursuing those goals, life so often presents difficulties....."
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