Motivation

Motive is Emotion itself

• The social motive is strong - not to be ignored, want to be recognized

• The greatest external motivation is when someone around recognizes you as a special person, and you need to surround yourself with such people for personal growth.

1. I want to stand out among people.

2. I want to have hope for the future.

3. I want to feel the mood of wellbeing.

4. I want to feel free.

5. I want to feel the thrill.

6. I want to feel a sense of belonging.

7. I want to protect my surrounding environment.

8. I want to become the person I want to be.

9. I want to feel safe.

10. I want to succeed in life.

If you need inspiring words, don't do it - Elon Musk

What are you getting paid in?

A long time ago, a manager friend of mine wrote a book to collect his years of wisdom. He never published it, which is a shame because it was full of interesting insights. One that I think a lot about today was the question: “How are you paying your team?

https://www.approachwithalacrity.com/what-are-you-getting-paid-in/

The New Science of Customer Emotions

When a company connects with customers' emotions, the payoff can be huge. Yet building such connections is often more guesswork than science. To remedy that problem, the authors have created a lexicon of nearly 300 "emotional motivators" and, using big data analytics, have linked them to specific profitable behaviors.

https://hbr.org/2015/11/the-new-science-of-customer-emotions

When To Do What You Love

https://paulgraham.com/when.html