Humans are emotional beings and therefore their attitude and behaviors are highly determined by their moods, surroundings, and interest. These behavior patterns greatly influence on their work efficiency and effectiveness. In this write-up I would like to discuss the ways to develop positive attitude with reference to voluntary service in the community. I have strong belief that participation of volunteers in community development has positive impact at personal as well as community level. These honorary workers who share their time, knowledge, resources and expertise are the backbone for any community. They are the key pillars for community progress in all dimensions including economic, social, educational and other aspects of life.
It is observed that there is a growing trend of youth participation in community that brings professional expertise and attitude in the voluntary service. Though it is encouraging to see large number of youngsters sharing their time and expertise, the bigger question is how to retain their interest and involvement for a long time. It is observed that the passion and energy with which these youngsters start their services would not last long. Their on-off engagement on the other hand brings several challenges for the institutions. There could be several reasons that might lead to lowering the level of interest, energy and contribution of these young volunteers. Among many others, one reason is absence of motivational factor for them. In contrary to these volunteers, professional workers get their salary out of their work which could be a source of motivation for them to continue their efforts with same zeal and zest. How one could bring the same motivation without associating it with monitoring benefit? This is the most pertaining question in today’s fast world where survival has become more challenging and demanding. Taking out time from busy life is difficult nowadays but at the same time this is fact that no community can sacrifice their tradition of voluntary service as it is important for their survival as well.
For me motivation could be of two types. One is extrinsic motivation that comes from surrounding, like praise, rewards, salary, appreciations, and promotion. The other is intrinsic motivation which comes from inside. I feel that later has long lasting impact as compare to the former but former plays important role for the later. However, only relying on the surrounding would not serve the purpose as it is more people dependent and therefore unreliable as well as time bounded. Where as if one enjoys his/her work, and has fun and self satisfaction, will survive longer. For this, one needs to take certain steps to bring fun in day to day work. This is fact that fun is the key for human beings and makes them relax, creative and energetic. As a result, these characteristics build positive attitude for positive outcome. Following address will lead you to a video which claims that fun can change people’s attitude. Watch it and reflect how one can bring fun in his/her honorary service to enjoy it thoroughly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw
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