Are we motivated well?

Yesterday, one of my friends forwarded me the link to very interesting presentation on motivation factors, and I want to share it with you. The style is really impressive, and some findings are quite surprising:



Few years ago, I wrote about Self-Motivation indicating that beginners are more motivated because they want to be recognized. The video above describes it as the natural need of mastery.

Does it mean that quick salary growth can kill this need of perfecting oneself and reduce both performance and personal value significantly?