Is Motivation Innate? Or Can “Drive” Be Cultivated?

"World-class achievers are driven to improve, but most of them didn't start out that way."

"Most significant, we've seen that the passion develops, rather than emerging suddenly and fully formed. We've also seen hints that childhood may be especially important in how the drive's development gets started. Anders Ericsson goes so far as to say, "The research frontier is parenting. Push children too hard and they respond with anger. (Insert From Me: Yup) You have to develop an independent individual who has chosen to be involved in this activity. It's how you as a parent can make individuals feel freed to reach these levels and aware that this is going to be a long process."