Principles for a Theory of Motivation

Abstract

In 1645, Miyamoto Musashi was contemplating the causes of his past success as a warrior. In A Book of Five Rings he mused:

When I reached thirty I looked back on my past. The previous victories were not due to my having mastered strategy. Perhaps it was natural ability, or the order of heaven, or that other schools’ strategy was inferior, (p. 35)

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In which the author tells why attributions provide the foundation for a theory of motivation. Twelve principles for a general theory of motivation are proposed.