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Summary

 Motivation is an internal impulse and not an external stimulus.

 The needs of human beings are the motivators for their performance.

 Human needs are varied in number and peculiar in character nature.

Neither the nature nor the intensity of needs is similar in different

individuals. But all of us are trying to satisfy some need or the other, by

doing something or the other.

 The theories of motivation show that money is not sufficient incentive for

high level performances. Non-financial incentives such as prest3W

recognition, status, titles, etc. are more powerful motivators for better

performance.

 Theories on the motivations of people suggest that individuals act in

order that they may get pleasure or satisfaction and avoid pain or