Most people aren't anywhere near to realizing their…

The best way to help people to maximize their creative potential is to allow them to do something they love.

— Teresa Amabile

All human beings are very creative - full of potential, full of energy... So, money kind of allows them to express it... And if…

— Muhammad Yunus

Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-respect, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning. The…

— Anonymous

Money can extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, encourage unethical behavior, foster short-term thinking, and become addictive.

— Daniel H. Pink

Economists and workplace consultants regard it as almost unquestioned dogma that people are motivated by rewards, so they don't feel the need to test…

— Albert Einstein

“Encouragement during the early years is crucial because beginners are still figuring out whether they want to commit or cut bait. Accordingly, Bloom and…

— Angela Duckworth

I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to…

— Daniel H. Pink

“Parental efforts to gain leverage generally take two forms: bribery or coercion. If a simple direction such as “I'd like you to set the…

— Gabor Maté

Monetary rewards are not a substitute for intrinsic motivation.

— W. Edwards Deming

“Rewards do not undermine people’s intrinsic motivation for dull tasks because there is little or no intrinsic motivation to be undermined.”

— Daniel H. Pink

“If we are hunting the highest version of ourselves, then we need to turn work into play and not the other way round. Unless…

— Steven Kotler

For artists, scientists, inventors, schoolchildren, and the rest of us, intrinsic motivation-the drive to do something because it is interesting, challenging, and absorbing-is essential…

— Daniel H. Pink

“Intrinsic motivation is of great importance for all economic activities. It is inconceivable that people are motivated solely or even mainly by external incentives.”

— Daniel H. Pink

When doing what we most love transforms us into the best possible version of ourselves and that version hints at even greater future possibilities,…

— Steven Kotler

“Since having a strong core self relies on acceptance of feelings, being out of touch with the emotional side puts a person out of…

— Gabor Maté