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#787 Kennon Sheldon - Freely Determined; The New Psychology of the Self, and How to Live

The Dissenter

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The Importance of Interjected Motivation

Interjected motivation is like identified motivation but you haven't internalized the behavior as far into yourself. So instead of being controlled by authorities in the world it's like you have an inner authority in yourself that's telling you what to do and so you're going to follow thatSo you won't feel bad about yourself. It goes from being about avoiding guilt to being about expressing an important value for you.

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