Does anybody have any idea which software was used to create the RSA animated series?
It seems plausible that it was done by hand and then sped up to match the speed of the talk.
Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
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#12Money is overrated. Time is undervalued. However, not everyone wants to make a contribution. And high incentives can improve the perfomance of people who wants a collateral reward of money like social status.
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#13The "Back to the Future" bit at 7:05 or so was very funny. I was kind of skeptical to watch a video with content I had already seen as a TED talk and nearly clicked back before it started. Once it started, I was immediately engaged, and reading parts of the talk satisfied a certain part of my brain.
Yeah-- I was just thinking that if every lecture in school was this way, how could I not stay engaged and absorb it?
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#14Aww, man. I wanted it to pan out and show the whole mural at the end.
Re: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
#15The "Back to the Future" bit at 7:05 or so was very funny. I was kind of skeptical to watch a video with content I had already seen as a TED talk and nearly clicked back before it started. Once it started, I was immediately engaged, and reading parts of the talk satisfied a certain part of my brain.
Yeah-- I was just thinking that if every lecture in school was this way, how could I not stay engaged and absorb it?
Because if every lecture was that way, then that style would be the norm, and therefore almost by definition you probably wouldn't be engaged, just as you aren't engaged to the norm now, and seek out unique and interesting—novel things.
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#16Perhaps the reason most economic approaches fail to predict this kind of behaviour is because they forget that money by itself is not a motivator—it’s only ever a means to an end for all who use it. Money gives you the freedom to make choices and spend time doing other things—the autonomy and mastery that Dan Pink was talking about. However, earning more money but being stuck in the same job renders this increase in…
It’s worth mentioning that the underlying concept is Marginal Utility: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginal_utility
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#17The lecture sounded really familiar - from here: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dan_pink_on_motivation.htm...
I thought I had seen this before. I remembered some candle/tacks/box task. I believe it was this TED video.
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#18This is one of the best books I've read. As an entrepreneur, it will get you to think differently on how you motivate people. Before, I use to think that if I pay a person to do a task that should be sufficient. Now, I encourage purpose and deliver a vision. You would be amazed at how easy it is to 'rally the troops' by doing this. Read this book now.
I apologize for sounding ignorant, but what is the book?
Edit: Got it. Thanks.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah-- I was just thinking that if every lecture in school was this way, how could I not stay engaged and absorb it?
Because if every lecture was that way, then that style would be the norm , and therefore almost by definition you probably wouldn't be engaged, just as you aren't engaged to the norm now, and seek out unique and interesting— novel things.
Sal Khan gave an interesting hypothesis about why his lectures were more engaging (he uses a blackboard) than a traditional one with a person in the front. I recommend watching the video, but his point is that we tend to focus on the person, the movement of the hands. When you remove the person, you're sort of left with a voice inside your head explaining stuff.
Re: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
#20This is one of the best books I've read. As an entrepreneur, it will get you to think differently on how you motivate people. Before, I use to think that if I pay a person to do a task that should be sufficient. Now, I encourage purpose and deliver a vision. You would be amazed at how easy it is to 'rally the troops' by doing this. Read this book now.
Strongly agree. The book is a quick read and has broad implications. I worked with the author (Daniel Pink) to create a mobile app based on the book. Daniel is a great guy who lives what he writes.
Plug: the app is free and called "Dan the Motivation Roo" currently on Android only