Internal and external motivation in organizational contexts

¶ … idealistic prospective candidate for the political scene which goes against the general stereotype of what politics stands for as well as against the pragmatic machiavellian recommendation of what politics should stand for.

I see myself as an animal -- or rather I see the animals as representing my supreme models. When beasts see another of their genotype or race wounded and hurt, they rush to defend and them and lick their wounds. We belong to the human race of animals, and my belief is that whenever one of us sees another human -- regardless of race, color, gender, or capacity - struggling and suffering we should rush to that other's aid.

The French revolution coined the brotherhood of man. Equality, liberty, and fraternity of all. They never achieved that aim -- far from it - but our world serves as one huge garden on which one species of creatures with reason roam. This species, containing reason, is supposed by virtue of their reason to defend the world and uphold it. Poverty and terror, war and strife damage our existence. The duty of politicians, as I see it, is not to uphold or generate this conflict but rather to seek ways to stymie it. Once doing so, we may obtain something of the utopian epoch of mankind that classical writers, such as Rousseau and Hobbes, wrote about and planned for.

My aim, as stated, is to study international politics. My internal motivations are the following; I am conscientious with any task that I undertake fulfilling it to the utmost. I am an idealist of the old school possessing the optimism and vision of the thinkers of the early to middle Enlightenment era who believed in change and in the possibility of performing this change. Similarly, I possess the activism and idealism of the U.S.A. In the 60s when under Kennedy's tutelage, America believed that it could eradicate poverty (they called it the War against Poverty'), erase racism, fly to the moon, and educate mankind. Idealistic I may be, but this does not exclude practicality or realism regarding my abilities or capacities of achieving my objectives. I believe that I am grounded and possess realistic perspective of my capabilities and limitations. Enemies may call me opinionated, friends may call me ambitious, but I believe that I am driven by a strong need to make a change in the world -- the world definitely needs this change -- and by the realization that international politics is the route to go. It is for this reason that I am signing up for this course.

Regarding my external capacities, I do not have that much to offer. I have worked hard in school, can demonstrate significant accomplishments, and am proud of my GPA. I will only be content, however, if I feel that I am working towards meaningful goal, and meaningful goals for me represent changing lives, minds, and circumstances and using all that I have to absorb it in this struggle. It is a lofty, exalted goal and I believe that one should reach for inspirational goals rather than merely work for another in order to accumulate money and material property for the self. It is not as though I am wealthy. I am poor, but I believe that life can be better served if one uses it to serve others towards meaningful ends.