Turbo Motivation: Igniting Your Inner Engine to Supercharge and Sustain Your Motivation

By Kumaran Rajaram and Eugene ST Tan

If you observe the people around you, some may appear to be highly driven and motivated, while others may seem to be apathetic and less motivated in what they are doing. The ability to be motivated and sustain that motivation is a vital life skill to master, as it is an essential pillar that underpins successful goal achievement and happiness in our lives.

 

This book is written by a university professor and a medical doctor, both well-established professionals who have successfully applied these motivation mastery principles to excel in their student years, professional careers, and personal life. This book provides you with a clear roadmap and scaffolded approach that empowers you to:

• Gain valuable insights into your current state of personal motivation
• Distinguish the differences between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
• Identify and overcome the demotivating roadblocks that are holding you back
• Acquire practical strategies to become motivated and stay highly energised and focused

When you fully realise the nuances of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and harness their powerful forces, you will find yourself equipped with the relevant strategies that will enable you to be highly energised and much more positively driven than ever before. This will motivate you to work towards accomplishing your goals effectively and efficiently, and live a fulfilling life filled with purpose, clarity, and happiness.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Candid Creation Publishing
• Release date: Mar 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9789811717321

Kumaran Rajaram

Prof (Dr) Kumaran Rajaram is a Senior Lecturer and Course Chair at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He is a Renaissance Engineering Programme (REP) Fellow, which is one of NTU’s Premier Scholars Programmes, and a Senior Research Fellow with CRADLE. Dr. Rajaram has a PhD with distinction in Business and Management (majoring in organisational science and cultural intelligence). He has received multiple school, university, and national level research grants and awards. He has served as an editor and reviewer, and has published articles in international journals and conferences. He has over 18 years of leadership and senior management experience in strategic and change management, organisational development, and management consulting. He has served as Section Head, Engineering, Director of Academic Affairs and Head, Strategy & Business Development for Asia Pacific, and then as CEO for a global leadership and change management consulting firm before he made the transition to research and education. Organisations to which he has offered his expert consulting services include Microsoft, General Electric, Energizer, Siemens, NCS, SIM Global Education, Ferrero Rocher, SINDA, and many more. Dr Rajaram is the Founder of the Research Lab for Learning Innovations and Culture of Learning—Innosolvlearn, Creative Solutions (InnosolvLearn.com). He is a practising C-Suite Executive Coach and Management Consultant in the area of leadership, people and culture, and change management.

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Praises for Turbo Motivation

An uplifting book on igniting one’s inner energy to supercharge and sustain motivation! Turbo Motivation introduces us to the treasure of our own innate motivation and guides us to transform it into unlimited energy. A definite must-read for all readers on the journey of self-improvement and for leaders who want to inspire their employees to do their best!

– Dr Kong Jing Wen

Consultant Family Physician

This book came aptly at a crossroad in my life as I was reflecting upon my life and career goals. I was glued to the pages upon reading the first one!

The first part gives a concise yet comprehensive view of extrinsic versus intrinsic motivation and how we can evaluate our current personal motivation level. This is incredibly useful for anyone who wants to identify and align our major motivating factors to the goals we want to achieve. Next, the second part deftly introduces the variety of factors to feeling demotivated and clearly delineates the action steps to overcome these demotivating factors. The scenarios illustrated are personable, down-to-earth, and wholly relatable to everyday life, which helps me to appreciate the subsequent actions I need to take to overcome these motivation traps. Indeed, the last part of the book delves into a myriad of wondrous, ready-touse, street-smart strategies to stay super motivated. The crowning jewel of the book is the CAMP1 method which is a superb framework on empowering yourself with instant drive.

I highly recommend getting this book—it’s a treasure trove of solutions for you to get the vroom back in your motivation engine, turbocharge it, and start roaring on your journey to achieve your goals!

– Dr Sophie Cai

Dermatologist

There is no better way of learning about motivation than from two highly successful individuals—one a university professor and another a senior consultant in medicine. Master their highly practical tips and supercharge your progress, be it in your studies or your career!

– Dr Chung Pin Soon

Family Physician

Bethesda Medical Center

If you are seeking clarity on your motivational style and would like to learn tips and tricks on how to hack your life and super-boost your motivation levels, this book is written for you! The authors have thoughtfully broken down the abstract topic into digestible, bite-size pieces, with many personal strategies that you can easily adapt for your own use. Explore deeply within yourself as you work on the questionnaires and guiding questions. Discover the underlying factors behind what drives you, what hinders you, and learn how to unstick yourself and how to propel forward to achieve new heights. My personal favourite is the chapter dedicated to Newton’s Laws of Motivation—a simple, yet important reminder on how to stay motivated and achieve happiness in my everyday life!

– Liu Yuchun, PhD

Junior Principal Investigator

Turbo Motivation is a book that lives up to its title. This book examines the factors that motivate us, the barriers that demotivate and hinder us, and teaches techniques to keep ourselves motivated. In life, we all go through periods when we feel super motivated and times when we just feel like vegetating. Staying motivated is not easy and I personally have had many motivational highs and lows. Reading this book, I gained a lot of valuable insights into myself, on what motivates me and what stumbles me. This book challenges you to examine yourself and look at the factors that drive you and keep you going. For managers and leaders, it also teaches you how to motivate your staff and create an environment that can keep them motivated. I found the book easy to read, clearly presented and well-organised. I am sure that you will gain a lot from reading this book and hopefully it will truly turbocharge your motivation.

– Dr Colin Theng

Consultant Dermatologist

The Skin Specialists and Laser Clinic

The book contains really clear and simple-to-understand concepts of motivation, and also provides simple and easy-to-practise tips for our daily lives to try and improve the way we work, live, and play. It is helpful across many aspects of our daily lives and not only on the career front. For example, I found it very helpful to see how I can motivate my kids in their daily schoolwork or other activities! Certainly a good and useful read.

– Ching Ting Wei

Global Procurement Director

Turbo Motivation offers practical advice using real world examples. The authors are knowledgeable and engage the reader with well-placed metaphors and witty anecdotes.

– Choo Li Lin

Applied Linguist and Educator

Motivation is an important element that drives one to live a fulfilling life, and this book explains the fundamentals of motivation and how anyone can sustain it simply. Excellent read for those striving for self-development and growth.

– Cynthia Tan

Content Creator

We are living in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world, especially during this pandemic and even post-pandemic period. During these times, we may need to take a step back and reflect on where we are and where we want to go. Self-improvement books provide a way to systematically guide us through this process—and there are lots of such books. What makes Turbo Motivation stand out from the crowd is that the know-hows are evidence-based. Dr Rajaram and Dr Tan have distilled the essence of state-of-the-art research on the psychology of motivation and combined that with their corporate and consulting experiences to offer excellent advice on how we can achieve our goals and aspirations. More importantly, the authors offer clear and simple steps so that we can move from knowledge to actions to reach these targets. Right off the bat, the book includes a personal audit for us to discover what drives us intrinsically and extrinsically, and what demotivates us. Following that, Dr Rajaram and Dr Tan suggest guidelines on harnessing these motivators and overcoming the demotivators. I also enjoyed the stories that they tell throughout the book, making going through the steps to motivate oneself a fun process. I highly recommend Turbo Motivation to those who aspire to propel themselves to attain their goals, be resilient, live a meaningful life, and develop good relationships (and especially avoid toxic ones). This book is also highly recommended for managers and leaders who want to propel those around them to achieve similar ends.

– Foo Maw Der, PhD (MIT)

Professor, Nanyang Business School,

Nanyang Technological University | Director,

Asian Business Case Centre | Director-Designate,

Nanyang Technopreneurship Centre

A book for a hopeful tomorrow. In this present era of reset, this book will guide the reader to achieve holistic health (mental and physical) through its hacks and stratagems. I found the read to be nourishing and motivational. It inspires me to be a better person immediately with the necessary scaffolding.

– Mr Baiross

Advocate & Solicitor and Managing Partner

IRB Law LLP

If you struggle to build motivation because of a lack of inspiration or are not sure where to start, this is the book for you. In this book, the authors use their personal experiences paired with extensive literature research to provide readers with actionable tools that serve as a jump start for people who are trying to sustain motivation, seek inspiration, or simply get back on track with the book’s essence, Get started and keep going, which revolves around the paramount importance of building a constant stream of motivation in one’s daily life where the levels of motivation that you have can make the difference between reaching your goals