As humans, we are animals of motivation. We are motivated for and from different things since the day we are born. We are motivated mostly by two motivational factors: intrinsic and extrinsic.
Extrinsic factors happens when we are motivated to perform a behaviour in order to get a reward or to avoid punishment or something unpleasant. For example: studying to get a good grade, cleaning your room so you don't get punished by your parent, or in today's world, go to work every morning in order to get a salary. This last one is the most common and its the one that has been more present in the workforce.
The other form of motivational factors is an intrinsic factor, this involves engaging in a behavior that will give you a personal reward. It essentially means performing an activity for its own sake than from the desire of some external reward. For example: making a puzzle because you think the challenge is fun or practicing a sport. But this doesn’t stop there, intrinsic factors have some important branches that make it so appealing for humans: autonomy, mastery and purpose.
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However, it must accompany competence for people to see their behaviours as self determined by intrinsic motivation. For this to happen there must be immediate contextual support for both needs or inner resources based on prior development support for both needs. (Wikipedia)
Mastery is the urge to get better at stuff. This is the reason why people play instruments on weekends, or master a sport. It is because humans find the challenge of getting better at something