"eXTRINSIC ASPIRATIONS"
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"INTRINSIC ASPIRATIONS"
Living from the Inside-Out
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AUTONOMY COMPETENCE connected
The strivings for competence and autonomy together -- propelled by curiosity and interest -- are thus complementary growth forces that lead people to become increasingly accomplished and to go on learning throughout their lifetimes. The research reported thus far, along with more to come, indicates quite clearly that, on every level, the person who feels competent and autonomous, who directs his or her own life, is immeasurably better off than the person who does not. (71)
It is truly amazing, as pointed up by our findings, that if people are ongoingly treated as if they were either passive mechanisms or barbarians needing to be controlled, they will begin to act more and more that way. Page 84 (This is really important)