What motivates or inspires you?

I’ve noticed that different things motivate different people at work.as with most things, there are two extremes: deadlines and negative pressure like “, you better get this done by 3 or you could get fire” and the other is driven by kindness and freedom of expression -“ we want to hear what you think, take it on and do what you think is best with in these guidelines” which extreme stomp here motivates you?

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Domking · 61-69, M

The threat doesn't inspire nor motivate.I have heard this, from my boss - this is damn urgent, better bring it within such n such time.That will prompt me to merely avoid the blame of being late. I would usually do a neat job, for my own satisfaction, but I might also put in a half cooked stuff which will be quite difficult to digest.
Whereas, the friendly approach, even when expressed in a warning like "come let's finish it today, otherwise the IRS audit (we call it Income tax) will create lots of troubles" - will inspire & motivate to really put best efforts and [b]solve[/b] the problem.
Just my $0.02