This paper is grounded on a recent conceptualization of human motivation that encompasses strivings for value, control, and truth effectiveness. The article elucidates the key aspects that form the basis for a multidimensional self-system perspective comprising motivational orientations mapping these three types of effectiveness strivings. In addition, the paper highlights the importance of examining these strivings in motivation research. Moreover, the article delineates how employing this systemic approach to study motivation in conjunction with expectancy-value theory and self-determination theory leads to new insights, provides enhanced explanatory power, and delineates important directions for productive future research.