Here’s a little video (18min) of Dan Pink giving a TED talk on motivation. Very interesting stuff in here, and it’s along similar lines to the motivation posts I’ve put up previously, but with some extra stuff I haven’t covered before. Thanks to Jeremiah Reandino for bringing this to my attention!
Archive for the ‘Motivation’ Category
Dan Pink on motivation
Saturday, January 30th, 2010Why 88% of New Years’ resolutions fail
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Jonah Lehrer wrote an excellent article for the Wall Street Journal on why New Year’s resolutions fail.
Quick overview of reasons:
The more overloaded our brain is with ’stuff’ (including resolutions we need to keep track of), the weaker its willpower is. We need to spread our resolutions across the year.
Just like a muscle, our will-power [...]
Rewards and Motivation
Friday, June 19th, 2009You’ve probably heard the advice “When you’re doing well, give yourself a reward!” – it finds its way into just about every self-help book you’ve ever picked up. But are there any times where this is bad advice? Why, yes there are – when your motivation for a task is intrinsic.
I have explained what intrinsic [...]
What’s your motivation?
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009After you saw ‘motivation’ in the title of this article, maybe you thought this would be one of those moving, inspirational pieces, designed to spring you into action, immediately. You know the sort; written in a lively and stimulating way, they bestow you with a sense of purpose and enthusiasm that you’re certain to carry [...]
