Drive
- Canon Gate, 2009
- xii, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
the surprising truth about what motivates us
Introduction: The puzzling puzzles of Harry Harlow and Edward Deci Part 1. A new operating system : The rise and fall of motivation 2.0-- Seven reasons carrots and sticks (often) don't work-- ... And the special circumstances when they do-- Type I and Type X-- Part 2. The three elements : Autonomy-- Mastery-- Purpose-- Part 3. The Type I toolkit : Type I for individuals: nine strategies for awakening your motivation-- Type I for organizations: thirteen ways to improve your company, office, or group-- The zen of compensation: paying people the Type I way-- The zen of compensation reconsidered: are salespeople different?-- Type I for parents and educators: ten ideas for helping our kids-- The Type I reading list: fifteen essential books-- Listen to the gurus: seven business thinkers who get it-- The Type I fitness plan: four tips for getting (and staying) motivated to exercise-- Drive: the recap-- Drive: the glossary-- The Drive discussion guide: twenty conversation starters to keep you thinking and talking-- Find out more: about yourself and this topic.--
The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm-shattering new way to think about motivation. ; ; Look out for Daniel Pink's new book, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing ; ; Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money--the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home--is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. ; ; Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does--and how that affects every aspect of life. He examines the three elements of true motivation--autonomy, mastery, and purpose-and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action in a unique book that will change how we think and transform how we live.