![]() ![]() We have three innate psychological needs-competence, autonomy, and relatedness.But goals imposed by others can sometimes have dangerous side effects. Goals that people set for themselves and that are devoted to attaining mastery are usually healthy.But for more right-brain undertakings-those that demand flexible problem-solving, inventiveness, or conceptual understanding-contingent rewards can be dangerous. Researchers have found that extrinsic rewards can be effective for algorithmic tasks-those that depend on following an existing formula to its logical conclusion.The carrot and stick approach to motivation is flawed.Tasks are either: (1) Algorithmic-you pretty much do the same thing over and over in a certain way, or (2) Heuristic-you have to come up with something new every time because there are no set instructions to follow.Much of what we know about motivation is wrong.Print | Audiobook | Get My Searchable Collection of 100+ Book Notes ![]()
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