There are several aspects related to being intrinsically motivated that are important to everyone. The first is persistence. A second area is creativity. Stress and anxiety are lower when we are intrinsically motivated. Self-determination theory (SDT) is a large-scale model for motivation. In addition, SDT allows for the discussion of social development, individual differences, and cultural factors that can assist or impede a person’s progress. Competence is the need to be effective in our environment. Three areas to keep in mind with competence are cognitive competence, social competence, and performance competence. Relatedness is the need to develop long-term secure relationships with people. Cognitive evaluation (CE) theory explains and predicts how an external action affects your intrinsic motivation. Organismic integration (OI) theory focuses on understanding how people acquire, internalize, and then integrate extrinsic reinforcers. Causality orientations (CO) theory is used to explain individual differences in the motivational forces that cause behavior.