Q: To succeed in the new economy, workers will have to learn throughout their careers, adapt to changing circumstances, and self-motivation will be needed.

Parallel Constructtion

A: and self-motivate when needed.

is this correct?

2 answers

yes.

Sra
It would be better to write this:

... will have to learn throughout their careers, adapt to changing circumstances, and motivate themselves.

Then the verbs will be LEARN, ADAPT, and MOTIVATE.