Motivating oneself to read about motivation, rewarding oneself or do it for the fun of it.
Go to this link to get have your concept of motivation turned inside out.
http://time.com/53748/how-to-motivate-people-4-steps-backed-by-science/
Wow! Self-directed learning with a purpose and automony, not just a mark or a reward at the end of the project.
Throw in mastery and it appears you can a motivated person. How does it translate into the classroom? Let's make the leap and go about mechanically completing tasks.
Education - This is worth a good read to find out how purpose, mastery and autonomy can be incorporated or integrated into classroom teaching - https://tinyurl.com/qbr2e48
