Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Encyclopedia
Drive is a 2009 non-fiction book by Daniel Pink. In it, he suggests that motivation
with reward
s or fear of punishment
, dominated by extrinsic factors what he refers to as money
is broken. The book claims that we have now moved into an era where motivation is inner thing, and that to work it needs to be actioned through autonomy
, mastery and purpose.
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Motivation
Motivation is the driving force by which humans achieve their goals. Motivation is said to be intrinsic or extrinsic. The term is generally used for humans but it can also be used to describe the causes for animal behavior as well. This article refers to human motivation...
with reward
Reward
A reward may refer to:*Bounty , reward, often money, offered as an incentive*Reward website, website that offers rewards for performing tasks-Science:...
s or fear of punishment
Punishment
Punishment is the authoritative imposition of something negative or unpleasant on a person or animal in response to behavior deemed wrong by an individual or group....
, dominated by extrinsic factors what he refers to as money
Money
Money is any object or record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context. The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange; a unit of account; a store of value; and, occasionally in the past,...
is broken. The book claims that we have now moved into an era where motivation is inner thing, and that to work it needs to be actioned through autonomy
Autonomy
Autonomy is a concept found in moral, political and bioethical philosophy. Within these contexts, it is the capacity of a rational individual to make an informed, un-coerced decision...
, mastery and purpose.
Summary
In his book Daniel Pink has made a 140-character summary of what the book is about, in the style of TwitterTwitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
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- "Carrots & Sticks are so last Century. Drive says for 21st century work, we need to upgrade to autonomyAutonomyAutonomy is a concept found in moral, political and bioethical philosophy. Within these contexts, it is the capacity of a rational individual to make an informed, un-coerced decision...
, mastery and purpose."