Adi Gaskell says... » purpose http://www.adigaskell.org/blog The views and musings of me, myself and I Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:53:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 How often do you do something for its own sake? http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2009/03/05/how-often-do-you-do-something-for-its-own-sake/ http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2009/03/05/how-often-do-you-do-something-for-its-own-sake/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:22:32 +0000 adi http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2009/03/05/how-often-do-you-do-something-for-its-own-sake/ So often we do things for the money we gain or the prestige, but how often do you do something purely for its own sake?

Study for instance is often undertaken with the aim of earning a qualification or meeting new people. But how often do people learn purely for the sake of learning?

I think motivation is greater and longer lasting when we do something purely for its own sake. Is it however something we do often enough?

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