Classic ideas that we need to reward good things and punish bad things leads to improvement don’t really work. Extrinsic rewards are not the way for people to be motivated. People need to learn to intrinsically motivate themselves.
I used to like the word passion, but I don’t anymore. I like the word enthusiasm. Why? “Passion” comes from French meaning to suffer. People who have a “passion” for something suffer for it. How many people do you know suffer for their dancing? Enthusiasm comes from Greek-- “En” : inner or within and “theos” – god. Enthusiasm is channeling the inner god – your inner energy.
You want great dance students? Don’t reward or punish them. Teach them to motivate themselves.
Watch this great video on motivation:
As a great yogi once said, “the winds of enthusiasm are always blowing, one need only learn to open one’s sails and take flight”.
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