Motivational Concepts: the Will
The theory offered by Descartes about the will being the source of all our actions, thoughts, and intentions deserves respect, because it took courage and intelligence to come up with such an idea. Just like it is not fair to blame people for believing the flatness of Earth, it is unfair to blame Descartes for the wrong assumptions about psychology and motivation. 
The theory of will – the only source of our choice – fails when I recall one of the early experiences in my career. The major conflict I identified in myself when I realized that I had made a choice to stay in the job position because of the safety and security needs. When my employment was questioned for certain reasons, and I had to make a choice whether to stay and work harder or to quit, my will and my entire being were opting for the second. A deontologist in me cried for the fulfilling of the duty to quit because of the bad working conditions, disrespectful attitude, and the like circumstances. However, a consequentialist in me made a choice to stay and wait for another consecutive pay. Now, the important part of this situation was that I stayed only because of the safety concerns, which primarily depended on money. Although in this situation I did have time to think the consequences over, still the situation resembles a loaded gun next to a head; you may have other choice and duty, but for safety reasons you have to follow what you are told in order to survive. And safety is above all, except maybe sex and feeding, and even though it may be controlled, it is unnatural and even immoral to sacrifice one’s safety for something other than babies or food. So, was it my will telling me to opt for safety? Surely not!
Another example which demonstrates that will is not the source of our motivation is comparable to a study conducted by Locke and Kristof about setting goals and defining activities. I always know that I want to achieve good results, either in work or in everyday life. As I have mentioned earlier, the bad situation at the workplace emerged because of me not fulfilling goals set be the supervisor. The problem was that I did want to achieve the goals. I am not going into much detail about the job, but the problem was I wanted to complete the task, but I could not. So was it my will that failed? I wanted to, but I could not. And so I tried to develop a lengthy and very detailed plan of the steps I must make in order achieve the set goal. My will stayed the same – decisive, desperate, and committed to the end. But, I realized than with a detailed outline of the activities I must perform, the path to the set goal appeared much easier than before. Therefore, with the same desire and will, I have achieved higher results with the outline of the activities than without them. The secret conceals in the planning and the defining the future for you, not in the will. 
Thus, we can see from the above two workplace situations that will does not serve as a source of motivation, rather other entities do. The need to feed or have a warm home is above the will, because as defined by Maslow, physiological and safety needs are the most important ones. One might say that it was my will that made me make one choice over the other. But is it our will that makes us quickly move away hands from hot objects, or running off the crossing in front of a hurtling vehicle? Rather it is our safety need that motivates us, leaving no time for the will to ponder upon the circumstances 
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