“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.” PersonsMotivationTermHoursEffectsProjectsRewardsShort TermBoostCaffeine Book:Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Source: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
“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
“There are guys, the weekenders, who can go out and get loaded and they're having fun and partying - which is a term I deplore, partying - and it's all recreational and they're having a ball. I never had that. It was never about recreation. Not. Ever. That was never my motivation. Not once!” MotivationGuyFunTermPartyDrugBallsAlcoholHaving FunLoadedRecreation Author:Johnny Depp
“The only long-term motivation is self motivation. So hire people who are self motivated and get out of their way.” PeopleWayLongSelfMotivationTermLong TermSelf MotivationMotivatedSelf Motivated Author:Seth Godin
“Clearly, unless the Lord chooses to explain Himself to us, which often He does not, His motivation and purposes are beyond the reach of mortal man. What this means in practical terms is that many of our questions - especially those that begin with the word 'why' - will have to remain unanswered for the time being.” MenMeanDoePurposeMotivationTermLordPracticalsMortalsUnanswered QuestionsUnanswered Book:When God Doesn't Make Sense Source: When God Doesn't Make Sense
“The thing that helped me come to terms with performing was an anxiety, a desperation for acceptance. There was never enough positive motivation in my life.” EnoughMotivationTermAcceptanceAnxietyPerformingDesperationPositive Motivation Author:Phoebe Snow
“In many ways, I'm a big admirer still of Julian Assange. He had balls to do what he did and his motivations in terms of holding the powerful to account are tremendously inspiring to me.” WayStillsBigsMotivationTermPowerfulAccountsBallsAdmirerAssange Author:Alex Gibney
“The most self-disciplined people in the world aren't born with it, but at one point they start to think differently about self discipline. Easy, short-term choices lead to different long-term consequences. Difficult short-term choices lead to easy long-term consequences. What we thought was the easy way led to a much more difficult life. I think that motivation is sort of like a unicorn that people chance like a magic pill that will make them suddenly want to work hard. It's not out there.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWantLongDifferentSelfHardMotivationChoicesEasyDifficultTermBornChanceMagicHard WorkDisciplineConsequenceLong TermSelf DisciplinePillsShort TermUnicornEasy WayDifficult Life Author:Rory Vaden
“I think that that the main problem with a lot of social media stuff in terms of ratings is it's a very skewed motivation.” ThinkingProblemMotivationSocialStuffTermMediaSocial MediaRating Author:Michael Schur
“Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.” LongSelfMotivationTermTechnologyDisciplineSkillsComputerCommandLong TermInternalsSelf MotivationSelf DisciplineSelf RelianceOld FashionedRelianceBasicsComputer TechnologyReinforcement Author:Steven Pressfield
“One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.” InspirationalFirstsWisdomMotivationalLastsSuccessMotivationTermStepsWords Of WisdomFirst StepsQuestioning EverythingDoubting Everything Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg
“Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.” InspirationalLongMotivationTermInspiringInspireTrumpLong TermIntensityConsistencyShort Term Author:Bruce Lee
“I am the result of a loving upbringing in a peaceful country, with wonderful parents and siblings, a very long-term relationship, stability, support - but a feeling that life isn't always just and that there is injustice for people and we should do something about it.” PeopleShouldLongCountryFeelingsMotivationParentTermResultsSupportWonderfulInjusticePeacefulLong TermStabilitySiblingUpbringingLong Term RelationshipWonderful ParentsPeaceful Country Author:Michael Kirby