This is an externally-based motivation system and it has its limitations.

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As much as it may have evolved, in the human animal, as a motivation system for mate-finding, it was rarely given great consideration in the final reckoning of conjugal choice.

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Two weeks ago Striiv released a free stand-alone iPhone app to make its social motivation system accessible to everyone, including people that don't require the advanced tracking capabilities of the Striiv Smart Pedometer or Striiv Play.

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That's the motivation behind Gutsche's paperless office, his second such system after going through the shift with his previous employer, Capital One.

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Following that, there are a number of examples where antagonizing the population of would be attackers at large can serve as a motivation for them to expend the time necessary to find a way into a system.

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