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“Rewards can deliver a short-term boost—just as a jolt of caffeine can keep you cranking for a few more hours. But the effect wears off—and, worse, can reduce a person’s longer-term motivation to continue the project.”

Persons Motivation Term Hours Effects Projects Rewards Short Term Boost Caffeine

Book:Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Source: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

“The spiritual life is the real life; all else is illusion and deception. Only those who are attached to God alone are truly free. Only those who live up to the highest light live in harmony. All who act upon their highest motivations become a power for good. It is not important that others be noticeably affected: results should never be sought or desired. Know that every right thing you do - every good word you say - every positive thought you think - has good effect.”

“Early intervention programs enrich adverse family environments. The largest effects of the early intervention programs are on noncognitive traits. Now, what do I mean by that? I mean perseverance, motivation, self-esteem, and hard work.”

Mean Self Hard Motivation Environment Effects Self Esteem Hard Work Program Perseverance Esteem Traits Intervention Adverse

Author:James Heckman

“Creative energy manifests in the 'aura' of the environment - the distinct atmosphere, quality and 'air of the place.' It has a contagious effect on people. When we walk into the environment, we know immediately whether or not the energy is present. Most of us need communities as sources of motivation and vitality; and in keeping with the basic movements of energy in nature, people charge one another in positive and negative ways.”

People Knows Way Needs Motivation Energy Community Walks Quality Creative Environment Air Effects Movement Source Negative Atmosphere Vitality Contagious Auras Creative Energy

Author:Shaun McNiff

“The effects of outcome expectancies on performance motivation are partly governed by self-beliefs of efficacy”

Self Motivation Belief Effects Performances Outcomes Efficacy Belief In Self Expectancy Self Efficacy

Author:Albert Bandura

“All who act upon their highest motivations become a power for good. Know that every right thing you do - every good word you say - every positive thought you think - has a good effect.”

Thinking Knows Motivation Effects Highest Very Good Right Thing Positive Thoughts Very Positive Good Words Words You Say

Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

“If I and other whistleblowers are sentenced to long years in prison without so much as a chance to explain our motivations to a jury, it will have a deeply chilling effect on future whistleblowers working as I did to expose government abuse and overreach. It will chill speech. It will corrode the quality of our democracy.”

Ifs Years Long Government Motivation Chance Quality Democracy Effects Speech Abuse Prison Chill Jury Whistleblowers

Author:Edward Snowden

“With my academic achievement in high school I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were not comparable to that of my classmates. And that's been shown by statistics, there are reasons for that - there are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action to try to balance out those effects.”

“There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects.”

Trying Action Motivation Effects Balance Concepts Built Testing Affirmative Action Affirmative Classmates Test Scores Academic Achievement

Author:Sonia Sotomayor

“Engaging in social business is beneficial to a company because it leverages on business competencies to address social issues, involves one-time investment with sustainable results, and produces other positive effects such as employee motivation and improved organizational culture.”

“Mostly what you lose with time, in memory, is the specificity of things, their exact sequence. It all runs together, becomes a watery soup. Portmanteau days, imploded years. Like a bad actor, memory always goes for effect, abjuring motivation, consistency, good sense.”

Years Running Together Motivation Actors Loses Memories Effects Consistency Soup Sequence Good Sense Specificity

Book:Black Hornet

Source: Black Hornet

“unless the direction of science is guided by a consciously ethical motivation, especially compassion, its effects may fail to bring benefit. They may indeed cause great harm.”

May Motivation Causes Compassion Failing Effects Benefits Harm Ethical

Author:Dalai Lama

“I'm sometimes asked why it is that for 30 years we seem to have trouble in the United States enforcing the rules against illegal immigration, and I'll tell you what the answer is. The answer is that when the television cameras turn off and the spotlight moves to something else, there are a host of interest groups and advocacy groups who work very, very hard to make it difficult to enforce these rules. I'm not commenting adversely on their motivation, but I can tell you the effect of all of this is to wear down the ability of an agency to enforce the law.”

“Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development”

Inspirational Humans Inspiration Motivation Leadership Effects Development Empowerment Serving Hospitality Human Development

Author:William Arthur Ward

“Clear, written goals have a wonderful effect on your thinking. They motivate you and galvanize you into action. They stimulate your creativity, release your energy, and help you to overcome procrastination as much as any other factor.”

Thinking Helping Action Motivation Energy Goal Leadership Creativity Clear Wonderful Written Effects Overcoming Factors Release Procrastination Written Goals

Book:Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

Source: Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

“Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters. When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you're connecting with them on a personal level.”

Way Mean Character Motivation Levels Mistake Special Effects Reader Involved Asking Connecting Concentrating Special Effects

Author:Alan Dean Foster