Prof. Susan Fowler
How Science Proves We Don’t Have to Choose Between Thriving and Achieving.
One of the great discoveries of motivation science is this: our basic human nature is to thrive. Not merely to survive — to flourish. Yet somewhere along the way, most people learn to settle for a kind of motivation that feels like obligation, pressure, or low-grade dread. And that suboptimal motivation steadily undermines everything — performance, well-being, relationships, and joy.
Susan Fowler’s presentation goes beyond Maslow, Drive Theory, and other popular but outdated ideas about motivation. She introduces MojoThriving — her innovative approach to motivation grounded in Self-Determination Theory — to help individuals understand the quality of their motivation, goal by goal, moment by moment.
Drawing on cutting-edge research, Susan introduces three psychological nutrients that every human being needs in order to thrive: Choice (the sense that you are the author of your own actions), Connection (the sense that what you do and who you do it with genuinely matter), and Competence (the sense that you are growing and moving forward).
Attendees will learn to identify their own motivational outlook, discover how to shift it toward something more sustainable and vitalizing, and reflect on what changes. Thriving and achieving are not competing ambitions. MojoThriving™ shows you how to pursue both — simultaneously.