Intrinsic motivation is the act of doing something without any obvious external rewards. You do it because it's enjoyable and interesting, rather than because of an outside incentive or pressure to do it, such as a reward or deadline. Intrinsic motivation encourages cohesive interaction and a higher degree of effort and long-term performance. In fact, recent research has shown that intrinsic motivation can be just as effective in increasing performance as extrinsic rewards in educational and workplace settings. 'Learning a new skill' so that you can use it on a project you are 'excited to tackle' in your workplace is an example of 'intrinsic motivation'. Intrinsic motivation may help somebody to achieve a result. But it doesn't help them to define what that result should be. An end goal is usually an Extrinsic reward of some kind. Allowing somebody to work on a task that motivates them Intrinsically may backfire if there's no Extrinsic motivator in place.

S Sai Hrishikesh

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