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THE REASON BEHIND DOING ANYTHING.......! (SELF MOTIVATION OR EXTERNAL FORCES)



As the title suggests.. 'the reason behind doing anything'.. every one has some intension in their mind before doing anything.
"it is my belief that all behavior is self-centered behavior , and that each of us acts with our individual self-interests uppermost in our minds . Whether we respond to a particular stimulus or not ... depends on how we interpret the self-interest value of responding . If action is perceived as likely to produce a benefit to self , we act.... if action is perceived as unlikely to result in a benefit to self , we do not act ."
i may sound very arrogant for those who think that... no... few people do not carry intensions in their mind before doing anything.... but i strongly object.
again it shows my arrogance but lemme try to typify my belief with a story...
There  were  several  young  boys  who  enjoyed  throwing  rocks  at  the house of a man who lived on the outskirts of town . The old man tried many methods of stopping the boys from throwing rocks at his house . He tried yelling at them . He tried reasoning with them . He even threatened 
to call the police . Nothing seem to work . Finally , in desperation , the man came up with a bold plan . He started paying the boys a dollar each to throw rocks at his house . Then he reduced the payment to twenty-five cents . Although the boys complained , they continued to throw rocks , but with less enthusiasm . Finally , he reduced the payment to a penny each .
Amazingly , the boys stopped entirely , telling the old man that it was no longer worth it to throw rocks at his house ! And they never returned .

The explanation for this occurrence is that the formerly self-motivated  behavior became externally controlled . First , the rock throwing lost its intrinsic pleasure . Second , the reduced external reward was insufficient tomaintain it . 
This implies that ultimately ,when behavior becomes too closely linked with external forces ,self-motivation is lost . By the time we reach adulthood , most of us have been thoroughly socialized to external control through the promise of rewards and the threat of punishment . At this point , self-motivation has become subordinated to potent external forces .




DURGANANDAN SINGH

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