Motivation is the cause of behaviour that arouses and directs attention and energy for behaviour. It is manifested in the choice or direction, strength and persistence of the behaviour. For example, whether a soldier chooses to direct his energy to help or ignore another fellow soldier also the amount of effort the soldier puts in to help and having to give up when the situation gets difficult, all this will reflect the motivation of soldier. Motivation is dynamic and situation dependent. A person motivation may change after he decided to help his colleague and there may be factors that will affect the level of change and amount of motivation created. Some of these factors include different expectations, satisfactions, process, motives and more.
I am a lieutenant in the Republic of Singapore Air force (RSAF). My Vocation is Air Warfare Officer (AWO). I control planes and anti-air weapons. Some call us air traffic controllers. My squadron is the brain and nerve system of the air force. Our primary role is to protect the sovereignty of Singapore airspace. My squadron is located in a highly classified area, and the environment we work in is tense, stressful and dynamic due to the heavy responsibility and nature of our job which involve lives.
The place causes people to feel gloomy and down. Therefore people in there play a big part in making it a better working place. There is one person that is motivational and is a good influence. He is my immediate superior, Officer in Command (OC) Major Malcolm Pung. He have qualities like fighting spirit, ethics and more. As an officer we are to lead by example he show cases a lot of leadership qualities, example venerable leadership whereby he will bring himself down sharing weak points and how he improve from there. It is also a form of motivation. He is also often seen producing positive energy creating synergy making people around him feel comfortable. Being