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Yes, this is confirmed by study after study after study. People perform better at tasks requiring deep thought and creativity when doing them for their own sak
by jacobolus 7y ago
Yes, this is confirmed by study after study after study.
People perform better at tasks requiring deep thought and creativity when doing them for their own sake, instead of based on extrinsic rewards/punishments.
- andrei_says_ 7y agoDan Pink’s TED talk on motivation speaks about this: https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation/transcript?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation/transcript?... Human beings are complex, love doing interesting (to us) things, love being in the flow, love contributing to others and hate the feeling of being ordered around or obviously manipulated into something we don’t like.