The phrase "a motivation to achieve" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the reasons or driving forces behind someone's desire to reach a goal or accomplish something.
Example: "Having a clear vision of my future serves as a motivation to achieve my personal and professional goals."
Alternatives: "an incentive to succeed" or "a drive to accomplish".
A careful interpretation of our findings may be that morbidly obese patients with a lower mental HRQL have a greater motivation to achieve lifestyle changes.
5) Grit Grit is defined by an individual's passion and motivation to achieve a long-term goal, and involves concerted effort to overcome obstacles or challenges.
Combine this with the research showing that a poor start in reading usually has disastrous, long-term effects on children's academic achievement, motivation to achieve and likelihood of graduating, and you must question the wisdom of the T.F.A. model.
Read How to give praise instead of criticism for some tips on how to turn a desire to criticize other people into a desire to praise and motivation to achieve the behavior you'd rather see in another person.
For Mr. Bloomberg, the motivation to achieve a deal was enhanced, city officials said, by a sense that the city had not fared well under the arbitration panel's decision in May.
The second and most common type of motivation, is "extrinsic motivation", or motivation to achieve a particular goal.
Design and construction experiences gained from PFBR project have provided motivation to achieve an optimized design for future FBRs with significant design changes for many critical components.
To evaluate indirectly the strength of motivation to achieve an attractive masculine body physique, participants were asked to imagine whether they would prefer to be rich or muscular, and similarly to decide between being rich and having a smooth body (Cronbach's α=0.87 and 0.76, respectively).
To the contrary, if they are more reactive to their peers, the same increase in discrimination undermines their adjustment to school and motivation to achieve to a greater extent (λ ′ is higher in absolute value see (8) in the Appendix) if one takes into account that higher discrimination reinforces their opposition to mainstream culture.
This is consistent with psychological theories of change: peers' social proximity to the people they are supporting may enhance their value as pro-social models [ 4] and promote motivation to achieve recovery by providing an upward social comparison [ 5].
