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self-motivated

British  

adjective

  1. motivitated or driven by oneself or one's own desires, without any external agency

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Always a self-motivated leader, she is said to have bought and run two theaters in Georgia as her recording career ended.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

The interior ministry and Tehran municipality have described them as "self-motivated forces that do not require a licence for their activities".

From BBC Dec. 20, 2023

Students are more interested and self-motivated during nature-based activities.

From Salon Nov. 2, 2023

People who ruck a lot and post on the r/Rucking subreddit warn against overloading in a fit of overconfidence, but when it comes to self-motivated exercise, trying too hard has never been my particular problem.

From Slate Sep. 16, 2023

The sport offers so many opportunities for suffering and so few opportunities for glory that only the most tenaciously self-reliant and self-motivated are likely to succeed at it.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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