Self motivation vs external motivation

Yesterday I watched the Social Network movie. I won’t enter in the discussion about facebook or about technological startups in this post. The point here is the motivation.
I started to think, when was the last time I spent more then a day (direct) coding for personal reasons, not related to college, school or work?
I asked colleagues about this, neither have them.
The main point is that all of us can work hard on a project or idea, for doing this, we need a motivation. Salary or grades are the main purpose for the majority, but not for those who can have the self-motivation and the courage to set up your personal goals as their priorities.
Finally, having ideas is not the key element, but having the strength to work on them as your highest priority, building up your own motivation is.

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