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This statement seems to imply that the other responses you've received were irrelevent and nonsense. I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss them, though, if I were you. If you are projecting the same image to potential bosses that you projected in your original post, it's no wonder you're having trouble with your career. To be blunt about it, that post makes you look like a whiner who is unwilling to accept any personal responsibility for how his life has turned out. No hiring manager wants someone like that working for him or her.

You may very well be correct in your buttessment that you need more 'motivation' than other people. You are most butturedly incorrect in your implicit buttumption that it is up to your employers to provide that motivation. Why should they? As you point out, its much easier for them to find someone who is able to motivate him-herself. Employers have enough to do without having to add babysitting (which is what it really boils down to) to the list.

I believe you realistically have three alternatives to choose from. You can continue to live life as you appear to be doing so now, relying on others to provide the 'motivation' you need to do the job you're being paid for. Should you choose this option, I predict that you will continue to have career problems. The second option, as I believe someone else in this thread has suggested, is to find out what you really want to-enjoy doing, and find jobs in that area. The third is to accept the fact that management's responsibilities do not include 'babysitting' you and making you happy. Take responsibility for your own life, and determine how you can motivate yourself to deliver the product you have agreed to deliver to your employer.