Breathing, in out, counting one… two… three…, feeling your heart pounding in your ears, hearing your feet hit the pavement boom… boom…, sweat pouring from your forehead, clothes sticking to your skin. Why are you out here? Is this fun, are you getting a reward, is it for a good cause, did your friend ask you to do it with them? What is motivating you to run right now? The answers lead you to define if you are being motivated extrinsically or intrinsically. These same questions can be asked when figuring out what motivates people in the workplace. Certain types of companies prefer if you are more of one motivational type than the other. I’ve seen the benefits of both extrinsic and intrinsic rewards working for my children in my in-home-daycare. There are different types of companies and for these companies they are looking for employees who are motivated either extrinsically or intrinsically. A company who is looking predominantly at extrinsically motivated employees is typically a company with very specific rules and regulations. A company like this knows that this employee is motivated by receiving some type of reward, be it praise or some form of an incentive, or avoid punishments by following the specific rules and regulations. If a company is concerned about labor costs, or being innovative they would be seeking out an employee who is more intrinsically motivated. An intrinsically motivated employee doesn’t need the ego boost or the reward to feel fulfilled with the job they are doing. The reward for an intrinsically motivated employee is the satisfaction they feel at the completion of the task they have set out to do. Using an extrinsic reward may be used to motivate employees to try something new and eventually this employee may not need the extrinsic reward because the find pleasure in doing the new job. Companies use different rewards to motivate