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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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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

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

McMillan, if you couldn’t already tell, is a self-motivated man.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

He has denied that his challenge to the court system is self-motivated.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 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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