Exit Slip - Inquiry Question/Topic

I want to focus on the concept of motivation. I think that in general students will take more ownership and proactivity if the they are motivated. That being said, the question then becomes how can we as teachers to promote and invoke the motivation within students. Based off of the first journal entry, many components can play a factor. How can we help students find their own interest? Does the envrionment help (place-based-learning)? Does the poeple they are friends with help with creating a positive mentality or attitude towards the learning subject? Once more knowledge is gained in those areas, the next step would be figuring out how we can facilitate and prompt certain settings so that the students can be more interested and motivated. On the contrary, what kind of factors demotivate students or make students loose interest? Grade? Family? Hobbies? Pre-determined biases?