We learned about several theories that help to explain what motivates people at work. Many of these theories can also be applied to individuals' personal lives. For instance, we learned about cognitive dissonance theory which contends that when people's thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and/or behaviors conflict or are incongruous in some way, they are motivated to do something to reduce the resulting discomfort. They might change their thoughts, change their behavior, justify their behavior, add a new thought, etc. Now, let's apply this concept to our personal or professional life. please address the following:

• Summarize a situation where your thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and/or attitudes were inconsistent with one another.
• Explain the emotions that this situation produced within you.
• Detail how you reduced the dissonance you experienced as a result of your conflicting thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and/or behaviors.
  • Make sure it is clear whether you changed your thinking, changed your behavior, justified your behavior, added a new thought, etc.