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Words matter. And if you listen carefully, you might begin to hear a slightly different - slightly mor purpose-oriented- dialect

As a manager, my purpose us to serve the greater good by bringing people and resources together to create value that no single individual csn create alone

Purpose provides activation energy for living

The single greatest motivator is "making progress in one's work". The days that people make progress are the dats they feel most motivated and engaged. By creating conditions for people to make progress, shining light on that progress, recognizing and celebrating, organizations can help their own cause and enrich people's lives.

Flow, the deep sense of engagement that Motivation 3.0 calls for, it's a necessity
We need it to survive. It is the oxygen of the soul.

This is the nature of Mastery: Mastery is an asymptote.
You can approach it. You can home in on it. You can get really, really, really close to it. But you can never touch it.

With a learning goal, students don't have to feel that they're already good at something in order to hang in and keep trying. After all, their goal is to learn, not to proge they're smart.

If you believe intelligence is something you can increase, the same encounters become opportunities for growth. ... intelligence is something you demonstrate,... it's something you develop

First law of mastery: mastery is a mindset.

Flow is essential for mastery.