self-motivation
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Challenges related to communications, coordination and self-motivation may be factors in the decline.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2024
She came to realize that her goal of developing trust, mutual respect, self-discipline and self-motivation in her children would be achieved not by yelling and screaming, but by more effective communication.
From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023
"I found it much more than just the bonus of working in my pajamas, my self-motivation, self-discipline, focus, and concentration seemed to increase with the freedom I had."
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2021
Ms Nyasamo, however, said she believed organisations needed self-motivation.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2020
When not faithful to its own experience of pluralism and self-motivation, the USA faces the inherent limitations of literacy-based practical experience in a number of domains, the political included.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
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