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Does the Carrot & Stick Motivate You to Succeed?

September 26th, 2010

Dan Pink’s new book Drive has shaken me up. I think it’s shaking a lot of people up because it bursts a long held viewpoint that people are motivated by money. I watched this engaging YouTube video which has Dan Pink explaining what Drive is all about.

I especially loved the line he used to describe the incentive research conducted by Carnegie Melon, the University of Chicago and MIT.

He said, “you would think this research would be financed by some weird left wing socialist group but no, it was funded by the Federal Reserve Bank”.

From a social media perspective I think his premise that autonomy, mastery and purpose are what drives people in their vocational pursuits complements the feeling of liberation people are experiencing as they learn to publish and create online.

For me, autonomy is the independence I feel as apply my skills in the marketplace; mastery is the pleasure I have as I learn, discover and share my experience with others; purpose is believing and seeing how my work is contributing to organizational and community benefits.

When I mentioned this book to my family over the weekend, they wouldn’t accept the notion that money is not what motivates people. Well, I hope they reconsider when they get my invitation to have a look at this post.

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