Motivation in a living organism, the component or process that governs its commitment to a specific activity.

It determines the triggering in a certain direction with the desired intensity and ensures the extension until the completion or interruption.

This notion is different from dynamism, energy or being active. Motivation nowadays takes a prominent place in organizations. It is critical for learning (including infants) and generates productivity in many personal and professional activities.

Usually manifested by the deployment of energy (in various aspects such as enthusiasm, diligence, perseverance), motivation is sometimes trivially equated with a "reserve of energy".