Rob AndersonLead Coach/ Principle Owner, Stand Sure Coaching · Spending time in collaborative conversations with clients

Earn This Patch: The Ultimate Hiking Motivation Hack! #shorts

6 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, the speaker explains how a collectible patch was used as a motivational incentive for new hikers attempting a challenging 5‑mile loop. By framing the patch as a badge of esteem, the speaker created a reward and recognition system that encouraged participants to complete the hike. The talk highlights the psychological link between esteem, tangible rewards, and motivation, and notes that understanding individual motivators allows the organizer to adapt stimuli to better inspire hikers.

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Now this is a really difficult hike to do, especially with new hikers. What I found out though was that the people that I was hiking with could earn a patch, and not a lot of people are able to earn that patch for completing the entire 5-mile loop. That was the motivation. So now we're heading into the area of esteem. And I used that patch as a way to stimulate and provide the stimulus, actually to provide the stimulus to motivate the people that were doing that hike with me. And of course, then at the end, we're able to do a rewards and recognition and have that patch. And those individuals that I did that hike with, they now have that patch that they can put onto their backpacks or anything else that shows That they completed that hike. If I know how they— someone is motivated, I can now change what I'm doing or modify what I'm doing to provide stimulus to motivate.