Motivaatiostaan

Motivaatiostaan is a Finnish noun phrase that conveys the idea of one’s own motivation as the source or basis for action. The form is built from the word motivaatio (motivation) with possessive and case endings, producing a construction typically translated as “of one’s own motivation” or “from one’s own motivation.” In practice, motivaatiostaan is used to refer to motivation that belongs to a specific person and to contrast internal motivation with external factors.

In usage, motivaatiostaan often appears in sentences discussing how personal motivation influences behavior, decisions, or performance. It is common in educational, psychological, and organizational contexts, particularly when emphasizing self-driven effort or the role of intrinsic motivation. The expression can be paired with verbs that take an elative or a dependent meaning, such as riippua (to depend on) or vaikuttaa (to affect), to highlight how outcomes relate to an individual’s own motivational state.

Examples:

- Riippuen motivaatiostaan, hän osallistuu kurssille aktiivisesti. Translation: Depending on his/her own motivation, they participate in the course actively.

- Motivaatiostaan kiinnipitäminen on tärkeää opiskelussa. Translation: Maintaining one’s own motivation is important in studying.

See also: sisäinen motivaatio (intrinsic motivation), ulkoinen motivaatio (extrinsic motivation), motivational psychology. Motivaatiostaan is primarily a grammatical and stylistic device in Finnish, used to foreground personal motivation rather than to introduce a technical theory.