[Adam]

Originally Posted by stephencp

Hmmmm. What do you base this on? I, unfortunately see fear as the main motivator. Not fear for life but fear of losing a job, friends, respect, love, etc.

The fear comes from the possibility of losing the pleasure. The pursuit of pleasure got us the car in the first place, which gave us the fear of losing that car. The job keeps our wants, needs, and desires funded, so it is the threat of losing those pleasures (and joy) which gives us fear.

You do make a good point. While the pursuit of pleasure breaks us out of our comfort zone, it is fear which keeps us working at that new level. Perhaps I should re-word that statement to say that "Pleasure is the primary motivator to do something new, while fear is the motivation to keep us from sliding back to inactivity."