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the reason for doing something; or the level of desire to do something- A generous commission structure provides motivation to our salespeople.
motivation = reason for doing something
- The team's motivation is high.
- She used those early taunts as motivation to succeed.
- She insists that she had no political motivation.
- I can offer insight on the results of her actions, but not about her motivation.
- We hope you share this book with others, use it as a tool for inspiration and motivation, and make all your dreams come true.Sampon Davis, et. al. -- We Beat the Street
- We can only deduce, also, the motivations for "Nick's" engineering of her escape.Margaret Atwood -- The Handmaid's Tale
- Indeed, while the main motivation for joining this global movement is to help others, the result is often to help oneself.Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
- It is your way of giving thanks for the successes—to offer inspiration and motivation to those who follow you or look up to you.Sampon Davis, et. al. -- We Beat the Street
- If I knew for sure that I, and I alone, was your motivation ....Kiera Cass -- The Selection
- Now that YOU are home, alive and well, you have judged the judgments of others, analyzed their intentions, behaviors, personalities and motivations.Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
- The meaning of courage, like political motivations, is frequently misunderstood.John F. Kennedy -- Profiles in Courage
- "And more recently," Odin announced, "I endured seven weeks of motivational speaker training at a hotel in Peoria to discover .... this!"Rick Riordan -- The Sword of Summer
- Despite the compliment, I liked Odin better as a taciturn half-troll than as a motivational speaker.Rick Riordan -- The Sword of Summer
- At first I wanted nothing more than to be like others, but that motivation grew.Dave Pelzer -- A Child Called It
- The number-one motivation on Iwo Jima was to stand with your buddies and not let them down.James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
- Perhaps the currents of thought and motivation run deeper than we sometimes think.James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
- For not a single one of the men whose stories appear in the preceding pages offers a simple, clear-cut picture of motivation and accomplishment.John F. Kennedy -- Profiles in Courage
- Motivation, as any psychiatrist will tell us, is always difficult to assess.John F. Kennedy -- Profiles in Courage
- I bite my lip trying to figure out his motivation.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
motivation = desire to do something
motivation = something to increase desire to do something
motivation = reason for doing something
motivation = reason for doing something
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