self-motivated

Nobody needs him here, least of all Eli, who is in the dictionary next to the term "self-motivated".

NY Daily News 2011

Nobody needs him here, least of all Eli, who is in the dictionary next to the term "self-motivated".

NY Daily News 2011

I find that to be so ridiculous because in the real world some of that pressure is going to be external, but a huge portion of it is self-motivated.

Rebecca Serle: Mostly Good Girls: A Look Behind Prep-School Perfection Rebecca Serle 2010

But others -- students who are not yet self-motivated, who are relying on adults and the rules we place upon them for guidance -- will make the calculations it will be possible to do no homework at all and get an A and they will elect to disdain our assignments and their skills and knowledge will suffer for it.

Larry Strauss: The Great Academic Implosion: A 10% Homework Cap for Teachers -- LAUSD Gets Punked! Larry Strauss 2011

So, too, in this way might these very real and very personal examples serve to provoke the complacent into self-motivated action.

Russell Bishop: Isn't It Time To Stop Griping And Start Doing? Russell Bishop 2010

While I was there I saw many people with brooms and mops, sweeping and bleaching the pavement in a self-motivated initiative designed to show the Mayor, Brookfield, the police and the nation that non-violent protest and respect for the park are not mutually exclusive things.

Andy Ostroy: My Conversation with One of Occupy Wall Street's Organizers On the Eve of a Possible Showdown Andy Ostroy 2011

Not to say that those particular suggestions would make it easier for self-motivated people to obtain happiness, but rather merely outlining a set of systems to the individual isn't going to really enable them much at all.

Layard and Happiness, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

But others -- students who are not yet self-motivated, who are relying on adults and the rules we place upon them for guidance -- will make the calculations it will be possible to do no homework at all and get an A and they will elect to disdain our assignments and their skills and knowledge will suffer for it.

Larry Strauss: The Great Academic Implosion: A 10% Homework Cap for Teachers -- LAUSD Gets Punked! Larry Strauss 2011

Smart, self-motivated immigrants spur the innovations and create the jobs our economy needs to thrive.

A New Immigration Consensus Michael R. Bloomberg 2011

"In order to remain self-motivated, research has found that the innate psychological need for competence must be satisfied," Mr. Baard says.

How to Lower Your Workplace Stress Ruth Mantell 2012