THREE PEDALS OF SELF:
SELF EFFICACY (CLUTCH PEDAL), SELF MOTIVATION (ACCELERATOR PEDAL), AND SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE (BRAKE PEDAL)
INTEGRAL THEORY OF MOTIVATION
Unification of Steven R. Covey Theory, Bandura Theory, Maslow Theory, David McClelland Theory, and Clyton Alderfer Theory.
Based on Concept of Route of Life, Start Point, Start Time, and Personal Time Zone.
Abstract
Given or chosen, every soul has his own route of life and personal time zone. Route of life can be meant as opportunity, way, approach, technic, option, life track, and destiny. Success in journey into personal mission depends on the start point and the start time. Wherever the start point and whenever the start time, every soul is limited by personal time zone. Personal achievement is reached by playing self-motivation as accelerator, self-efficacy as clutch, and social acceptance as brake. It is similar with three pedals in car. Pedals are physical symbol for mastering and controlling personal drive. Component of self-motivation as accelerator pedal are need for achievement, need for power, esteem needs, self-actualization needs, growth need, expectation, and sharpen the saw. Component of self-efficacy as clutch pedal are personal capability, technical competency, capacity, experience, physiological needs, and safety needs. Component of social acceptance as brake pedal are synergy, love-belongingness needs, need for affiliation, need for avoidance, and relatedness needs. All components are concept of Steven R. Covey Theory, Bandura Theory, Maslow Theory, David McClelland Theory, and Clyton Alderfer Theory.
Summary
Process for reaching achievement and success begin by (1) setting goal, (2) seeking knowledge and information about best route to success, (3) finding out suitable start-point and start-time. Then (4) insert all those are into whole personal time zone. Higher achievement need higher motivation. It means person need to (5) boost his need for achievement, need for power, esteem needs, self-actualization needs, growth need, and his expectation. At time his self-motivation is growing higher, he has to (6) adjust his personal capability (such as proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first), technical competence, capacity, experience, self-efficacy, physiological needs, and safety needs. After that, person has to (7) watch social acceptance. In case person faces low social acceptance, he need to adjust his self-motivation. Social acceptance is needed because of existence of love and belongingness needs, need for affiliation, need for avoidance, and relatedness need. To reach high social acceptance, person has to master to think win-win, seek first to understand then to be understood, and synergize. Playing, controlling, and adjusting self-motivation, self-efficacy, and social acceptance need the strategic thinking.
Every person has his own success. This is because of difference in goals, life route, start point, start time, and personal time zone. At the same time, length, depth, and speed in mastering every component of self-motivation, self-efficacy, and social acceptance is different too among person. Moreover, every person has different capability and capacity in controlling and driving harmony and balance upon those three pedals.
Implication and Implementation
By giving score and weight on every component of three pedals such as self-motivation, self-efficacy, and social acceptance, then in every such pedals divided into three criterion of length, depth, and speed, we can estimate and predict highest achievement for certain person. This framework and worksheet can be used as assessment in personal highest achievement in certain job, company, study, and interest. At time person is confused in choosing several opportunity in jobs, companies, studies, and interests, this framework and worksheet can help in predicting which job, company, study, and interest can drive him into highest achievement. The framework and the worksheet is available.