motivational speaker
Simon gives motivational talks and raises money for charity.
He quickly learned that the motivational tactics he used on 20-year-old sophomores didn't have the same effect on seasoned veterans.
Sports psychologists always recommend selecting a motivational tool in the build-up to a big game.
Perhaps their sense of injustice will ultimately prove a motivational advantage.
If I'm tired and the first few steps of my run are heavy, knowing it will get easier as I run is very motivational.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Encouraging and urging on
abet
barrack for someone
bread
bring
bring someone out
get in there!idiom
get out of here!idiom
go on
good/great/lovely stuff!idiom
goose
muster
pave the wayidiom
pep talk
permit
prepare
prepare the groundidiom
spur
stimulus
stoke
urge

motivational | Business English

motivational
adjective
uk /ˌməʊtɪˈveɪʃənəl/us
[ U ]
able to make someone enthusiastic about something:
They are looking for inspirational and motivational leadership.
He is a consultant and a motivational speaker.
a motivational programme/seminar/talk

Examples of motivational

motivational
Many readers may find this too vague and nondirective a conclusion, but it may also be the most honest and potentially motivational conclusion available.
Motivational factors behind wanting to work as a personal assistant are necessarily complex and cannot easily be taken for granted.
The developmental changes that have been linked directly to pubertal maturation are in the domain of motivational, emotional, and sleep/arousal changes.
However, some children may exhibit a stronger motivational system that helps them lessen their negative reactivity to novelty.
Although moral values and social obligation motivate older volunteers slightly more than other age groups, motivational multiplicity and reciprocity also apply to older volunteers.
This finding also comports with the motivational aspect of dual process models among low ability individuals.
Post-nationalism tends to underestimate the motivational conditions of democratic governance, the most important of which being the continued identification of citizens with their institutions.
The feeling is essentially an appraisal of the emotional and motivational relevance of the stimulus.
In brief, these circuits are seen to translate motivational and cognitive processes into action.
These cognitive representations provide motivational circuits with more detailed information that enhances their ability to evaluate complex situations and to regulate behavior accordingly.
As cortical representations develop, they feed back to provide motivational systems with enhanced detection and guidance capabilities.
It reinforces the restrictive motivational assumptions that limit the explanatory power of models often favored by economists.
This evidence of extensive provider 'under-performance' in terms of motivational aspirations should be a major, ongoing policy concern.
The deleterious effect of low reading skill (and its motivational consequences) on learning through reading creates readers who lack knowledge of all sorts.
This has obvious disadvantages including inconvenience, high cost, and the above noted motivational effects.
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