What Is the Source of Motivation?

The self isn't a picture you hold of yourself. It's not an object in your mind that's only present some of the time, for instance, when you're self aware. While voluntary actions always have antecedent causes that are outside of oneself, one doesn't need to be metaphysically separate from the rest of the universe to have a self. What makes a motivation originate with the self is based on your experience of it. The source of motivation can end at making a big difference on how earnestly and eagerly we pursue it.