Importance Of Personal Motivation

Motivation is something that I feel our group does well however. Both as an individual and, myself as a part of the group uses many motivational tactics to ensure that we stay motivated and actually get work done. Sometimes it’s a bit disheartening to push aside a project we have been working on for a while and pivot into a new direction, however, we normally bounce back from this pretty quick and ensure we have the motivation to continue on the new project. I keep myself motivated because it’s my company, and I really do find we have a sense of meaningfulness. A sense of choice is given because each person has the choice of how they want to do their part of the game., a sense of competence and a sense of progress are both given by using checks, balances and meeting back up to discuss progress and direction. I feel I do my part of all of this and keep the team working like a well-oiled machine when it comes to motivation. When it comes to conversation analysis there are parts I feel I do well, and parts I feel that I really do need to work on. To deduce which parts I do well and which parts I need work on, let’s take a look at the different key elements of conversation analysis that were brought up earlier. Turn organization, is how a group determines who gets the next speaking terms. In Subwolfer Studios, we allow members to self-select who goes next. While this works for the group as a whole, I will say many times I personally have something to say, but I’m not always the fastest to start speaking and as a result, many times things I’ve wanted to say have gone unsaid. Because we have a small enough group, sometimes there are ways to loop back around to the topic and bring it back up later so this isn’t really that big of an issue for the group as a whole. When people need longer terms, most of the time the group is quiet and will allow the speaker to extend their turn, for example, when Ryan attempts to explain a storyline, he normally would be given the opportunity to explain it all without interruption. This can happen when we are discussing the best way to program or in almost any other time when it’s required for the speaker to extend their turn to get their full point across. When I am the storyteller, I tend to acknowledge when I’m done by asking a follow up question such as “So, does that sound good?” and when I’m the listener I attempt to keep eye contact and nod my head as a nonverbal que that I’m listening. Lastly, when it comes to ways of changing topics, we do use a lot of segues but the group is just as guilty of “Oh Shiny/Pretty’s”. Not just the group, but I, myself have changed conversations quite a few times on accident by focusing on something in the environment. An example would be, Ryan may be going over some storyline while I’m listening and idly looking up graphics on my phone that are available for purchase. Then when I come …show more content…
Because there are shortcoming however, I feel that it would be important to identify them and work out a plan of action on how to correct them. First up, with a self-selection group, I tend to be a slow starter. This is something I do need to work on. Although, in Subwolfer Studios it’s not much of a problem, it is a problem sometimes in other groups and sometimes I allow myself to get passed up and don’t have the opportunity to put in my own opinions. So, in an attempt to correct this, I need to really start attempting to speak up quicker and not wait to the point where I miss my turn to speak. Secondly, I do need to work on ensuring that when I speak in a group I am not using abstract words, or otherwise phrasing things so that the other group members and I will end up bypassing each other on meanings. There are angles that I really want to approach this from. First off, I want to be sure I’m using concrete terms that all have a definite meaning, and secondly I want to make sure when other members of my group us abstract terms, I’m questioning them on what they mean so we can all remain on the same