According to Baker (2011), motivation techniques are essential for success in anything and any goal or aspiration requires a lot of effort and ability to overcome adversity. Motivation is the driving force that keeps you going towards your goal no matter how hard it is or how long it takes to success (Baker, 2011). Motivation takes positive thinking and action every day to meet a goal. Baker (2011) states that their are several techniques that one can apply to their life and career to succeed and keep you motivated: 
Motivation by threat is a dead-end strategy and thus basically makes the staff or students more attracted to the opportunity side of the motivation curve than the threat side (What is Motivation, n.d.). Motivation, as discussed before, is divided into two types, extrinsic and intrinsic factors. For review, extrinsic motivation is any motivation that lies outside of the individual or task (such as receiving a paycheck for working). Intrinsic motivation is any source of motivation that lies within the individual or task (such as the person finds enjoyment or pleasure from a task). Advantages of extrinsic motivation: Extrinsic motivation more readily produces behavior changes and typically involve relatively little effort or preparation (Vanderbilt University: Center for Learning, 2011).
Disadvantages of extrinsic motivation: Extrinsic motivation can often distract students from learning the subject at hand and may be challenging to devise rewards and punishments. Over time, the rewards and punishments have to be escalated to achieve the same outcome (Vanderbilt University: Center for Learning, 2011).Advantages of intrinsic motivation: Intrinsic motivation can be long-lasting and self sustaining which typically promote learning and focuses on the subject rather then rewards or punishments (Vanderbilt University: Center for Teaching, 2011).
Disadvantages of intrinsic motivation: Intrinsic motivation efforts can be slow to affect behavior and may require special attention or preparation (Vanderbilt University: Center for Teaching, 2011).What is Motivation? (n.d.). What are the benefits of motivation? Retrieved from http://www.elmotivator.com/what-are-the-benefits-of-motivation.html
Vanderbilt University: Center for Teaching. (2011). Motivating students. Retrieved from http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/teaching-guides/interactions/motivating-students/
There are numerous theories and authors that incorporate the motivational concept of learning. The theories that are discussed here are not an all inclusive list that incorporate motivation in the theory. 
Herzberg's research identified that true motivators were other completely different factors, notably:
Herzberg's underlying concept was to increase motivation at work.
ARCS Model of Motivational Design by John Keller: John Keller is the author of this theory. According to Keller (2010) the ARCS model is a problem solving approach to designing the motivational aspects of learning environments to stimulate and sustain students’ motivation to learn. In order for this theory to be effective, motivation has to be used with instructional goals.
