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Not OP, but I have strong opinion about this: I believe that if you want to motivate people so they would do something, positive motivation ("Let's make someon
by garretraziel 8y ago
Not OP, but I have strong opinion about this:
I believe that if you want to motivate people so they would do something, positive motivation ("Let's make someone's life better/easier by doing what we want him to do") is much more effective than negative motivation ("Let's complicate someone's life so he would have no other option than doing what we want him to do"). It's easier to hate/rebel against when someone is punishing me for doing something than hate when someone is rewarding me for doing it differently.
- zaksoup 8y agoI recently read the book Nudge, if you haven't read it I strongly recommend it. [0]. The author just won a nobel prize for his work in socio-economics and it discusses exactly this. One of the fascinating examples discussed is a study that showed offering somebody $100 to do something is significantly less effective at motivating (whether or not they're about about it, their behavior changes) them than fining somebody $100 if they fail. [0] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A5DCALY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A5DCALY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...
- ars 8y agoThe problem is that people are 100% certain their way is the best way, so disincentivizing those who disagree seems perfectly fine with them. I'm not OK with this. If you truly believe your way is better, then put it out there and lets see if people adopt it. You don't get to "cheat" by making the other options worse, just to make yours seem better.