Comments on: The Surprising Science of Motivation

By: Estelle Harder

Estelle Harder — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:27:40 +0000

dear Steve thank you so much I am totally right brain can be left too rather the right side but passion is in my right side of the brain that is why I don’t like too much time on the web,Yes I am bright, funny, Brilliant like all. No we are unique this is what I have found so annoying trying to help others that are alredy struggling thats why I chat every time I get an opportunity at the bus stop or any where , no never said I know all,eternally grateful for all that you have showen me because I love to learn new things tha tis hence why the communication on the web… thank you so for the Video . I learnt by being the fly on the wall .. watching from the side how life works . Passion God gave me some wonderful gifts and I love to share …Have a great day thanks once again ..Estelle xx

By: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us. | ThePerfectBizFinder Blog

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:35:04 +0000

[...] This animated video presentation is adapted from Dan Pink’s talk at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), and reveals the hidden truths behind what really drives and motivates people. It is quite similar to the content in the article I published: The Surprising Science of Motivation. [...]

By: Jewel

Jewel — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:53:03 +0000

This is good to keep in mind for respecting the way people operate. Thank you and Dan for sharing, because as we learn better, we do better.

By: W S Wright

W S Wright — Sat, 01 May 2010 05:16:02 +0000

Steve – Management studies have been dissected, studied and reported for many years…..and I believe that each opinion can be found during each business cycle. Suggest that info / studies presented on the internet must have a source / date identified to understand the timeliness and impact. Kinda reminds me of a paper I saw the other day on the interneet that started, “87 years ago, my grandpappy was sitting with some of his friends about the pot-belly stove and he thought….”. And the spokes person stated with great conviction that one of the early Presidents of the USA had given this speech…… Shall we accept anything that is presented on the internet without proper sourcing!?!?!? Thanks for feeding the hunger! Now I want to know if we have learned how to fish!?!?

By: oliver amesbury

oliver amesbury — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:15:39 +0000

Ted was very good. I beleve in working with anyone I don’t beleve in pushing.the main thing is to get the job done.

By: Russell

Russell — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:42:11 +0000

Steve, I am not sure what happened to my earlier comments. This reminds me of the 3M business model which encourages employees to be innovative and to present a business idea to a panel which has the authority to provide a budget and a time period in which the innovator is permitted to develop the business idea. If the idea is a success, the innovator becomes manager of the separate branch or division of 3M (Minnesota Manufacturing and Mining) If it is not successful the innovator is reabsorbed into his or her previous department and life goes on until he can come up with another idea which the panel deems worth another attempt. If the idea is a success, the innovator becomes head of a separate department of branch of the company with all of the attendant rewards. (i.e. Scotch Tape, surgical tapes, post it notes, etc. ) By allowing innovative thinking and providing a way of investigating the innovator’s ideas, the company has been able to reduce turnover within the company and develop a number of separate profit centers for the company while retaining valuable, creative employees.

For me, it encourages me to share the wealth produced as well as the work necessary to create the profits and services offered by any company in which I work.

By: Meriah Kruse

Meriah Kruse — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:50:28 +0000

Steve, thanks again. Everything you send me is so valuable and I, too, LOVE Ted.
I’ve got some thinkin’ to do in regards to my own enterprises and how to best use this information from Daniel Pink, but one thing has happened already. I feel totally validated to have chosen my path, the path of self-employment, always pursuing something that I believe in. Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose ARE the things that have always motivated me. Now, instead of feeling slightly quirky for refusing to embrace a 9-5 life, I can see that I’ve been working toward a more futuristic achievement all along. Thank you so much for that shot in the arm. My self-doubts just melted away.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:43:35 +0000

I feel that it is our inner spirit that motivates all of us to be a part of a bigger picture. When the workplace allows us to become a team member, an active participant, rather than merely an employee filling a need a position, everyone gains.Multiple minds working toward something bigger then themselves can bring a broader perspective than one mind working alone.

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:17:31 +0000

Very interesting scientific studies. Sure blows the general theroy of sales commissions being the driving force. Will have to chew on that a while…..My son worked for a major cell communications company and had flex hours, free lunch room, could work from home or anywhere (we sometimes went fishing and he would take his laptop with satelite com to answer trouble calls). He was well compensated and loved what he did. He and the rest of the team were very creative to get the “job” done. Enter new owners….no flex time, no free lunch, office work hours required, dress code ( they worked in a secured closed building with no outside people allowed in heavens knows some big boss might see them in jeans or heaven forbid shorts!)People started leaving like rats deserting a sinking shipThe compensation changed (still excellent) but no quarterly bonsus for a job well done. They even payed my son a huge bonus to stay for three months (otherwise no one would have stayed). Moral dropped like a rock my son hated his job and later took his huge knowledge base of skills and went to the competition. It’s not everything he wanted in the way of freedom, but light years ahead fo the previous employer.Lesson learned!

By: lea

lea — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:45:04 +0000

if you like your business,and what you are dong in your job, you will get the success.if you are pursue the mony, for to get more and more, you will never get much of it