Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
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Re: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
#2What a great way to watch a lecture
Re: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
#3Perhaps 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 salary effectively useless, because you don’t stand to gain any satisfaction simply by having the money.
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#4The lecture sounded really familiar - from here: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dan_pink_on_motivation.htm...
Re: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
#5This 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.
Re: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
#6Perhaps 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 would be interesting to see if in the companies that have a "culture of quitting", money is an additional motivator. $20k worth of crap isn't that exciting, but a year's runway is.
This might shed light on whether this is about a mistaken identification of money with value, or if people value the present that much more than the future. The latter would be more profound.
Unfortunately, those companies either already basically pay enough (e.g. Google), or they're startups where giving employees more money than necessary is almost certainly the wrong thing to do.
Re: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
#7This 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 have had this book on my shelf for a few months now, yet I had never read it, nor really planned on it.
That's different now, I will try to start tonight.
Re: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
#8The "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.
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#9Does anybody have any idea which software was used to create the RSA animated series?
Re: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
#10Beautiful presentation of a presentation! If you are like me and usually just scan the comments of HN, don't miss this one!