Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

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Drive Dan Pink

Ditch the treadmill. Unless you really like treadmills, that is. If trudging to the gym feels like a dreary obligation, find a form of fitness you enjoy—that produces those intoxicating moments of flow. Gather some friends for an informal game of tennis or basketball, join an amateur league, go for walks at a local park, dance fora half-hour, or play with your kids. Use the Sawyer Effect to your advantage—and turn your workout) into play.
Keep mastery in mind. Getting better at something provides a great source of renewable energy. So pick an activity in which you can improve overtime. By continually increasing the difficulty of what you take on—think Goldilocks—and setting more audacious challenges for yourself as time passes,
you can renew that energy and stay motivated.
Reward yourself the right way. If you’re really struggling, consider a quick experiment with Stickk (
www.stickk.com
), a website in which you publicly commit to a goal and must handover money—to a friend, a charity, or an “anti-charity”—if you fail to reach it. But in general, don’t bribe yourself with if- then rewards—like If I exercise four times this week, then I’ll buy myself anew shirt They can backfire. But the occasional now that reward Not a problem. So if you’ve swum the distance you hoped to this week, there’s no harm in treating yourself to a massage afterward. It won’t hurt. And it might feel good.

Drive: The Recap
This book has covered a lot of ground—and you might not be able to instantly recall everything in it. So here you’ll find three different
summaries of Drive. Think of it as your talking points, refresher course, or memory jogger.
TWITTER SUMMARY
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Carrots & sticks are so last century. Drive says for st century work, we need to upgrade to autonomy, mastery & purpose.

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