Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this topic Nancy. I think your comments are shared by many. My personal experience has been most successful instructors I have encountered, those that achieve the learning objectives with their students, tend to focus more on the achievements for their students than for themselves. This is not to say that motivation through extrinsic pathways are not equally as rewarding and drivers towards success - they are necessary but tend to be of less focus. I would be very interested in any comments by others reading this discussion topic. Regards, James Jackson