Drive (The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us) by Daniel H. Pink [Self-Growth] {#307} #BriefAudioBook - 27 January 2021

Brief Audio Book

Drive by Daniel H. Pink

[Self-Growth] {#307} #BriefAudioBook - 27 January 2021

Drive

The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Daniel H. Pink

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Motivation theory would have us believe there are two main drivers of human behavior — the biological — our need to satiate our hunger, thirst and our sex desires; and rewards and punishment — our need to earn society’s rewards and avoid its punishments. In 1940, Professor of psychology Harry F. Harlow of the University of Wisconsin, conducting a study with rhesus monkeys, “stumbled upon” a third drive — intrinsic motivation; our push to do tasks for the inherent satisfaction we derive from doing them. This third drive is more valuable than the other two, but is more fragile because it requires the right environment to thrive. Daniel H. Pink, in “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us,” elaborates on what this third drive is all about, how we had it by default at birth and lost it, how we cannot be the best we ought to be without it, and what we can do to bring it all back.

[Self-Growth] {#307} #BriefAudioBook - 27 January 2021