Originally Posted by hip
Originally Posted by PassthePotatoes
We never used force with our perfectionist and he's self motivated and will tackle anything. How do you explain that?

First, how do you know he didn't use some kind of 'force' on himself?

I think that was the whole point: the motivation came from within. This type of motivation is very powerful.

I've seen arguments in favor of forcing a child to do a task in order to "teach" that something seemingly too hard was doable after all. But if external pressure always has to be applied, it's entirely possible that the lesson will actually be, "I can't do anything by myself."