What DOES motivate people?

[rolanni]

Funny you should ask.

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[slweippert.livejournal.com]

Explains why someone like me writes, when the odds of earning a seven figure income from it are so small.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

It does, indeed, explain why people Do Art, and why people Do Philanthropy, why people Volunteer, and why people try to improve systems and conditions at their day-jobs, instead of, yanno, just doing their job.

[attilathepbnun.livejournal.com]

Cooool ....

[queenmaggie.livejournal.com]

wow.... yeah.

[adriannem.livejournal.com]

Fascinating. It certainly explains a lot about how I act/feel about my job and my hobbies.

What Motivates People?

[claire774.livejournal.com]

I know a lot of people motivated by chocolate.
C.

Also noticed that the last entry of all has "previous entry" at the top. I'm a slow learner.
C.

[keristor.livejournal.com]

Baby dragons! Well, I'd work for one like in the icon *g*.

Yes, a good video, with results that are only surprising because they come out of research rather than, y'know, talking to people who do the work, the ones who "work to live, not live to work". But a big knock on the head for the people who say "well, we have to pay top executives obscene amounts to get the quality" -- no, they don't, they just get the ones who want to earn obscene amounts, and the company still goes down the drain...

I've reposted it, with a link to the YouTube video instead of the embedded thing.

[trolleypup.livejournal.com]

Mmmyup!

Both why I do well at the day job (despite all the screaming) since if offers both personal satisfaction AND self direction...and enough money that I'm willing to do it...and the volunteer trailwork that I spend a significant amount of day job money on (indeed, while there is a large amount of physical labor, best results require significant cognitive action and planning).

The very best people don't care about the money...as long as they are paid enough...money is nice, but someone who is following the money avidly is almost certainly not the person who has the passion and commitment to be the best at the job...and is likely unwilling to put up the BS that is linked to the money.

Work to Live.

[roseaponi.livejournal.com]

This explains how megachurches can exist. And I suspect it's part of what Jesus was getting to when preaching on money... human nature hasn't changed a bit.

[(Anonymous)]

Nice demo of Maslo's Hierarchy of Needs. (sp?)
I know a couple of folks who'd appreciate this...thanks
Lauretta@ConstellationBooks

PS What *I* find is that managers of technical and clerical staff do
NOT see their folk as creative. Wrong, wrong, wrong.