Special Forces Motivation

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In todays Special Forces a lack of motivation can be attributed to many factors. The end consequence of an unmotivated force being not only detrimental to the mission, but can also lead to dangerous and even deadly failure. To an extent, job significance plays a major role in being a positive factor of motivation in todays Special Forces. That satisfaction has a threshold, however once members are pushed beyond that threshold (whether due to being burnt out, PTSD, regret, or crumbling family life) the job satisfaction factor drops off significantly and can become a very negative influence for the individual. Stress is just a part of every day life in the Special Forces community. An inability to make decisions and a failure to function at a high level under stress will not only lead to mission failure but is also extremely deadly. You start your paper by making an excellent point on how proper stress management is vital to a person’s well-being (Fisher, 2009). The stress that comes from being a Special Forces pilot does not involve the normal stresses of the cooperate world, but of …show more content…

Becoming a part of this community requires years of grueling training and intensive evaluation. Those applicants who cannot thrive in a stressful environment fail out of training well before becoming a member of this highly selective community. Your paper also mentioned several negative aspects of stress, however to an individual that is capable of handling stress there are also several positive effects. A certain level of stress makes our perception sharper, our focus keener, and our decisiveness quicker (Robbins 2009). Knowing that, we must be able to harness the stress of the job and let the positive aspects motivate us to success. Otherwise, the negative effects of stress will cause us to lose focus and when that happens mistakes are made and brethren can lose their

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