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The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
by Daniel H. Pink
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“@jgcarrier Douglass McGregor's Theory Y from "The Human Side of Enterprise" is mustlearn. Adam Grant's "Give and Take;" Daniel Pink's "Drive." A few more here > | Essential for all managers. Deep surprising study of motivation at work. Extrinsic vs intrinsic. Work vs play. When money is used as an external reward for some activity, the subjects lose intrinsic interest for the activity. | Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrotandstick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others).”
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Management, Best Leadership Books, and Leadership.
The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigmshattering new way to think about motivation Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money?the carrotandstick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and...
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Tobi Lutke
“@jgcarrier Douglass McGregor's Theory Y from "The Human Side of Enterprise" is mustlearn. Adam Grant's "Give and Take;" Daniel Pink's "Drive." A few more here > | Essential for all managers. Deep surprising study of motivation at work. Extrinsic vs intrinsic. Work vs play. When money is used as an external reward for some activity, the subjects lose intrinsic interest for the activity. | Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrotandstick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others).”
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