Unquenchable

Hawoy kun way kwarta…

Money is important. There is no doubt about it. People have bills to pay and needs to address. The lack of finances will oftentimes de-motivate people to move around. In this expensive world, happiness seems to be equated with having money.

But, would this be the main reason why some people place their credibility to waste? Is money the main motivator why even some educated persons resort to dishonesty? Or, is there a deep meaning behind the greed to have more of it…

Extrinsic motivation occurs when we are motivated to perform a behavior or engage in an activity to earn a reward or avoid punishment.  In this instance, people are coerced into behaving in a specific way, not because they want to, but because they either want something in return (most often monetary reward), or because they want to avoid something unpleasant such as being reprimanded or losing their job (Hearn, 2018)

“People have three psychological needs – to feel autonomous, to feel competent and to feel related to others,” according to psychologist Edward Deci. Payment does not fulfill these needs. Over-emphasis on financial reward undermines autonomy and therefore intrinsic motivation, he says.

Probably, greed on money stems down to deprivation. Psychoanalytically, deprivation is the reduced fulfillment of a desire or need that is felt to be essential. Sigmund Freud (1927) considered deprivation the result of the frustration of a drive that could not be satisfied because of a prohibition during early childhood.

There are those who have already money yet they still crave for more. Even to the point of abusing their powers, they are driven to hoard it without thinking about the difficulties of those they are victimizing. Probably, they were deprived of food and material possessions and recognition early on?

We contend that materialistic cues would bring about personal relative deprivation. As many other goals, the aspiration for material acquisition may be inert most of the time. However, a materialistic environment can activate materialistic aspirations (Bauer et al., 2012; Kim, 2013).

Money and material possessions serve many evolutionary and practical functions. Although excessive materialism has been linked to diminished well-being (Dittmar et al., 2014), it is still very appealing to many people to acquire more and more material possessions.

Again, it is in self-evaluation and reflection what deprivations one has experienced which propels the inner person to be UNCONTENTED.