“Money can extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, encourage unethical behavior, foster short-term thinking, and become addictive.” ThinkingMotivationTermMoneyCreativityBehaviorPerformancesCrushDiminishShort TermUnethicalIntrinsic MotivationShort Term Thinking Author:Daniel H. Pink
“The law demands good works and uses its terror--rejection, shame, fear of punishment, unanswered prayer, personal tragedy, etc.--as motivation. Here performance is a necessity to secure the blessings and avoid the curses. Grace, on the other hand, allows us to serve on a different basis--not from fear but on the basis of love and gratitude, from appreciation and gladness for blessings freely given and freely received.” MenLoveDifferentUseHandsAgeLawMotivationEvilGivenFearFreedomPrayerSinLibertyGraceGratitudeBlessingDemandPerformancesBasesTragedyShameTerrorAppreciationPunishmentSecureCurseRejectionEtcGood WorkGladnessAnswered PrayersLove And GratitudeUnansweredUnanswered PrayersPersonal Tragedy Author:Richard Jordan
“You can sit behind your computer and listen to music via a program or from the Internet and also watch performances on the Internet. There's motivation to sit at home. You don't have to get dressed up, or be social and for those old enough you don't risk DUI charges by drinking at home at the computer.” EnoughHomeMotivationSocialBehindsWatchesRiskInternetComputerProgramPerformancesDrinkingListening To MusicDressed UpDui Author:Steve Mahoney
“The effects of outcome expectancies on performance motivation are partly governed by self-beliefs of efficacy” SelfMotivationBeliefEffectsPerformancesOutcomesEfficacyBelief In SelfExpectancySelf Efficacy Author:Albert Bandura
“Expected outcomes contribute to motivation independently of self-efficacy beliefs when outcomes are not completely controlled by quality of performance. This occurs when extraneous factors also affect outcomes, or outcomes are socially tied to a minimum level of performance so that some variations in quality of performance above and below the standard do not produce differential outcomes” SelfMotivationBeliefLevelsQualityProduceStandardsPerformancesExpectedFactorsOutcomesControlledTiedMinimumVariationEfficacySelf EfficacyAbove And Below Author:Albert Bandura
“Some entrepreneurs have a bad habit of taking personal credit for all improvements and innovations at their startups. If you penalize or ignore employee initiatives, you can be certain that they won't be repeated, and motivation for more conventional performance will suffer.” IfsMotivationCertainSufferingHabitPerformancesInnovationEntrepreneurCreditImprovementEmployeeInitiativeConventionalBad Habits Author:Martin Zwilling
“To be successful in anything, a person must always want to be better, not only than your opponent but better than your last performance. Done correctly, being competitive is a wonderful way to always try to be a better person by learning from your mistakes and capitalizing on your successes.” WayWantTryingPersonsDoneLastsMotivationSportsMistakeSuccessfulWonderfulPerformancesOpponentsBeing SuccessfulBetter PersonSoftballBeing A Better PersonLearn From Your Mistakes Author:Hale Irwin
“It's the old story. You might be able to fool your coaches, or your teammates, or your opponents. But, you can never fool yourself in anything. I believe that the more critical you are of your own performance- the higher standards you have-the better you become at what you do.” BelieveStoriesMightAbleMotivationI BelieveSportsFoolHigherStandardsPerformancesCriticalCoachesOpponentsTeammateSoftballHigher Standards Author:Don Maynard
“Set goals for things you can control. In my case, I can't control the marks from the judges, but I can control how I train every day, and I can control my performance.” I CanMotivationSportsGoalCasesJudgingPerformancesMarkTrainSetting GoalsSoftballThings You Can Control Author:Claire Carver-Dias
“Companies have to nurture [creativity and motivation]-and have to do it by building a compassionate yet performance-driven corporate culture. In the knowledge economy the traditional soft people side of our business has become the new hard side.” PeopleHardMotivationCultureSidesCompanyCreativityEconomyBuildingPerformancesInnovationDrivenTraditionalCorporateCompassionateNurtureCorporate Culture Author:Gay Mitchell