Please help me!!
Grateful people are inclined to make healthy decisions. Life and sports present many
situations where critical and difficult decisions have to be made. Selfish adults or kids
do not make sound decisions as well as do grateful people. This includes the decision
to be self-motivated. Frustrated parents ask: "How do I motivate my child to do sports or
continue in sports? Sometimes my child gets discouraged and does not want to put the
required effort into his or her sports? What can I, as a parent, do or say to help?" It is
difficult and almost impossible to motivate kids or adults who are centered on their own
narrow selfish desires. However, kids and adults who live as grateful people are able to
motivate themselves. They also welcome suggestions from others, even parents.

1) This includes the decision to be self-motivated
I wonder what "this" means in this context?

2) Why did the narrator say grateful people are inclined to make healthy decisions?

Please help me

Question

Please help me!!
Grateful people are inclined to make healthy decisions. Life and sports present many
situations where critical and difficult decisions have to be made. Selfish adults or kids
do not make sound decisions as well as do grateful people. This includes the decision
to be self-motivated. Frustrated parents ask: "How do I motivate my child to do sports or
continue in sports? Sometimes my child gets discouraged and does not want to put the
required effort into his or her sports? What can I, as a parent, do or say to help?" It is
difficult and almost impossible to motivate kids or adults who are centered on their own
narrow selfish desires. However, kids and adults who live as grateful people are able to
motivate themselves. They also welcome suggestions from others, even parents.

1) This includes the decision to be self-motivated
I wonder what "this" means in this context?

2) Why did the narrator say grateful people are inclined to make healthy decisions?

Please help me

Answer

1) As I see it, in the first sentence they wanted to say that "to become self-motivated, a person needs to make an according decision". Or, in other words, self-motivation requires responsible decision. I don't think, by the word "this" they meant something specific, it's just needed for the structure of the sentence. 
2) I think, the narrator says that grateful people (although I'm not sure, this is an appropriate adjective here) make not spontaneous decisions according to their momentary desires, but think carefully before making ones. They consider, if their actions will lead to good or bad consequences and then decide to act (if this action will lead to healthy consequences) or not (if it will be otherwise).

That's how I see it.

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