Motivation and Attitude

The Chelsea football club youth system apparently has this neat psychological profile for their players, along the dimensions of Motivation and Attitude. It looks highly useful in a football context, but it seems also useful in my context...

The motivation dimension mainly has to do with the degree of proaction a person exhibits. A highly motivated person is less likely to sit still and more likely to take action. The attitude dimension describes if a person tends to see things in a positive light or a negative one. A person with a good attitude leans more towards positivity. When faced with challenges he finds solutions, thinks ahead, and he cares.

Now, considering these two dimensions, four main profiles come into play:

• a person with low motivation and bad attitude is a Victim. He draws everything that's bad toward himself, and internalizes it. He feels personally attacked.
• a person with low motivation and good attitude is a Spectator. These guys let everything run their course, often to their own detriment. They wait things out and are likely to stay still rather than take action.
• a person with high motivation, and bad attitude is a Cynic. Cynics are actually often very skilled people, but extremely two-faced and always highly negative about their immediate environment. They can be regarded as egoists.
• finally highly motivated people with good attitudes are Team players. You simply cannot have enough of these.