1. Amber Gilewski Tompkins Cortland Community College
Chapter 5 Commitment
Amber Gilewski
Tompkins Cortland Community College

2. Strivings Why are you striving? What are your motives?
What are you striving for?
Who are you trying to impress by your striving?
What strivings do you avoid or dislike?
What are your motives?
What are you seeking to do on a regular basis?
What causes you to persevere or keep going?
What effortful attempts have you made to attain a goal?
Which striving are you reluctant to strive for?

3. Four Kinds of Strivings
Extrinsic – external motivation and rewards; others want you to do it or think you should do it
Introjected – feeling like you should strive for this and you would feel bad, worried, or shamed if you didn’t
Identified – you feel this is an important goal; you may have learned it from others, but now you embrace it
Intrinsic – have a genuine interest and enjoy the task; mostly do it for the experience itself (even though there may be other good reasons too)

4. Commitment to Work Job? Career? Vocation? What is the difference?
Which has higher work and life satisfaction?
Does your work fit YOU?

5. Fostering Commitment Look for meaning Transform a “should” to a “want”
Choose commitments
Enact commitments
Go public
Set priorities
Review commitments
Maintain hope
Use structured, voluntary activities