The daily quote
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"Carrots & sticks are so last century. Drive says for 21st century work, we need to upgrade to autonomy, mastery & purpose."
The daily article or book review
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink is one of those books that makes you wonder why we are having so much trouble getting over the command-and-control/face- time-and-billable-hours business models. In a nutshell--or should I say, in a "tweet"--which Pink so gamely prepares for us: "Carrots & sticks are so last century. Drive says for 21st century work, we need to upgrade to autonomy, mastery & purpose."
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/218852#
Below are some of the points that jumped out at me:
- Times have changed, but most companies haven't. I thought Pink made a great point at the beginning when he posed the question, in 1995, which "encyclopedia" would people expect to survive--Encarta or Wikipedia. Only a very few would've imagined a Wikipedia world back then, where people would voluntarily participate in the crowdsourcing of an online encyclopedia.
- We have moved from a Motivation 2.0 world (rewards and punishments) to a Motivation 3.0 world (inherent satisfaction in the work itself). In other words, routine tasks may still benefit from incentives (i.e. Motivation 2.0); but for creative ones, incentives can have a limiting effect (i.e. Motivation 3.0)
- There are three elements to Motivation 3.0: Autonomy, Mastery & Purpose.
The daily phrase in Portuguese
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About this blog:
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There is a place in the culture of Suned high school where short stories and a phrase in another language are sent to parents and students with links to promote a culture of reading.
We invite parents and students to suggest topics and poems and books and articles.
The main idea is to press, press, press the idea of reading something significant every day, to challenge each of us to cause growth in our brains.
That is the core message of Tai Lopez. Get tough. Stay strong. Look at a new book or major article or at least a book review every day
... and the daily book segment email is available to graduates of Suned, too This is part of our commitment to students. We show you how to continue to learn. Lifelong Learning. "Would you like to grow your brain? Join our Brain Growth Newsletter"
Send suggestions for quotes, articles, books to review, book reviews and the daily phrase in another language to Steve at SMcCrea@sunedhigh.com
