Making motivation stick: the importance of autonomy and playfulness (with Prof. Richard Koestner)

"If you find some goals that you're interested in and that are personally meaningful, what you'll find is the effort comes naturally to pursuing these - you don't have to rely on self-control." ~ Richard Koestner When we try to motivate ourselves, why doesn't self-control work as well as we'd hoped? And how can autonomy and playfulness help us to succeed where self-control and willpower fall short? In this enlightening episode of Being Human, Dr Chua Sook Ning is joined by Richard Koestner - a professor of psychology at McGill University and expert on successful goal-setting, self-regulation, and internalising processes that motivate us in meaningful, lasting ways. Prof. Koestner shares his insights on what motivation is really all about - and why pushing ourselves to do more, achieve more, and be better might work against us rather than for us...and what we can do instead to achieve a sense of purpose and success in life. For more information on Relate Malaysia and our services, visit www.relate.com.my or email us at: [email protected]