Motivation is a mechanism or a condition to cause change, therefore, it is the converse of invariant In many ways, it relates to symmetries by introducing the notion of asymmetry or symmetry breaking.

Motivation of Maxwell's Demon

MxD is a typical mechanism for measuring or revealing changes or asymmetry.

Motivation in Logic Model

The content written in Goal statement of Logic Model is the data point that breaks symmetry, or provides the motivation in a project or task.