For me Money can be a motivating factor because without money how we can survive in this world. With money it can provide to meet our basic needs, to achieve our financial security, and we can attain certain luxuries. Money can be individuals personal fulfilment, recognition and a sense of purpose. Money could really increase motivation to each and everyone especially if you have set a target goal like for example a plan for a retirement, getting a real estate, having a lot of savings for future needs, health care plans and many more. But sometimes if people show some greediness that would cause negative impact instead of having more money it would result to losses.
It is true that what can motivate someone to work hard and be willing to do anything to get it is money.
The current phenomenon that occurs when you want to hire someone the first time they ask is how much will I be paid if I work here. and what happens when they work for low wages, they work carelessly, sometimes not according to established procedures. But when you employ employees with high wages and added bonuses every month, what happens is that your employees will work well and enthusiastically and continue to improve their performance in order to get bonuses every month.
From this phenomenon we can conclude that with money someone will work hard and continue to improve their performance. And this is influenced by increasingly high lifestyles and ever-increasing needs so that someone has to make as much money as possible.