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Humans are more than the sum of our biological urges. That first drive still mattered—no doubt about that—but it didn’t fully account for who we are. We also had a second drive—to seek reward and avoid punishment more broadly.
“companies that typically rely on external rewards to manage their employees run some of their most important systems with products created by nonemployees who don’t seem to need such rewards.”
― Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
― Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
“Intrinsic motivation is of great importance for all economic activities. It is inconceivable that people are motivated solely or even mainly by external incentives.”
― Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
― Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
“Management isn’t about walking around and seeing if people are in their offices,” he told me. It’s about creating conditions for people to do their best work.”
― Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
― Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
“Doing good is what blood donation is all about. It provides what the American Red Cross brochures say is “a feeling that money can’t buy.” That’s why voluntary blood donations invariably increase during natural disasters and other calamities.14 But if governments were to pay people to help their neighbors during these crises”
― Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
― Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
“Humans are more than the sum of our biological urges. That first drive still mattered—no doubt about that—but it didn’t fully account for who we are. We also had a second drive—to seek reward and avoid punishment more broadly.”
― Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
― Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
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