I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.
Defeat or the possibility of defeat is a great social motivating force for change.
In the beginning, fear was the dominant motivating force.
Don't you find that work, if you love it, is actually really invigorating?
The competitive instinct is what I think drives organizations and people to become better and better. It can promote change toward progress and development, which is good for everybody. It can be the motivating force behind improvement in our social well-being that is far beyond anything we might have imagined on our own.
Good founders can give me a picture of the future that I can believe. And the second that I believe your version of the future, you have leverage.
Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force
I think I can be an intimidating energy in the room. I think I come in with an aura of wanting results because as the playwright, I know how it goes, and there's the thought, 'Why can't they catch up?'
In Paris, I met a young American person who immediately became the primary inspiration which awakened my vision and the leading influence that had directed my forces. Throughout my career as an artist, I refer to this person by the word 'Woman.'
The near cousin of optimism is hope: knowing the steps needed to get to a goal and having the energy to pursue those steps. It is a primal motivating force, and its absence is paralyzing.
