Definition of "self-motivated" [self-motivated]

• Motivated to achieve something due to one's own interest. (adjective)

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• "Nobody needs him here, least of all Eli, who is in the dictionary next to the term "self-motivated"."
• "Smart, self-motivated immigrants spur the innovations and create the jobs our economy needs to thrive."
• "Not to say that those particular suggestions would make it easier for self-motivated people to obtain happiness, but rather merely outlining a set of systems to the individual isn't going to really enable them much at all."