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Money is a terrible motivator? lol. What's this nonsense? Give me your name and address, I'll write you a check for $1500 free and clear to take back what yo

by maeon3 16y ago

Money is a terrible motivator? lol. What's this nonsense? Give me your name and address, I'll write you a check for $1500 free and clear to take back what you just said.

Unseelie 16y ago
And we could threaten someone's family to show the counterpoint to that point. Money's a great motivator until you're near your threshold earnings, and then other things start slipping in, like, for instance, the ability to make a point. Then, of course, is the discussion about why anyone wants money...and the fact that there's more direct ways to affect the value in someone's life. Hate to sound the sociopath, but money doesn't stack up against a family.
- maeon3 16y ago
  After reading your post, I'm tempted to tell my boss to compensate me instead with hugs, rainbows, high fives and other family-like perks. Since family should motivate me more than money can. </s>
  - Unseelie 16y ago
    So that no-one will seriously misread it as such, I'll explain that I meant threatening a family, rather than...family like perks.
- rsheridan6 16y ago
  >And we could threaten someone's family to show the counterpoint to that point. That's why a hell of a lot of people are working - if they don't work, their family would get to go live in a box on the sidewalk. That's another way of saying that workers are motivated by money, for a sizable fraction of workers.
j_baker 16y ago
Did I say that money provided no motivation at all? People perform better when they're doing what they love. At a very minimum, money is a terrible motivator when it's the only form of motivation a person has as the person I was responding to seemed to suggest. And for the record, nobody paid me to write that comment in the first place.
- stonemetal 16y ago
  That depends on how much money you have. If you are well taken care of then yeah money is a poor motivator. If you are in real need then money becomes quite the motivator(If only as a proxy for those other needs.) Most of the crime around the world is solely driven by the need to acquire wealth by means easier, quicker than legally possible. Crime seems to be doing quite well for itself even with the serious consequences for breaking the law.
btilly 16y ago
Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y and then get back to me on how good a motivator money is.
- biot 16y ago
  When I saw your link, I was fully expecting this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc -- also quite entertaining and informative.
  - rchi 16y ago
    potential counter arguments can be found in daniel pink's interview at econtalk.org http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2010/08/daniel_pink_on.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2010/08/daniel_pink_on.html
JosefK 16y ago
Clearly you're more motivated to win an argument on the internet than to keep $1500. That would seem to belie your argument.

by maeon3 16y ago

Money is a terrible motivator? lol. What's this nonsense? Give me your name and address, I'll write you a check for $1500 free and clear to take back what you just said.

Unseelie 16y ago

And we could threaten someone's family to show the counterpoint to that point. Money's a great motivator until you're near your threshold earnings, and then other things start slipping in, like, for instance, the ability to make a point. Then, of course, is the discussion about why anyone wants money...and the fact that there's more direct ways to affect the value in someone's life. Hate to sound the sociopath, but money doesn't stack up against a family.

maeon3 16y ago
After reading your post, I'm tempted to tell my boss to compensate me instead with hugs, rainbows, high fives and other family-like perks. Since family should motivate me more than money can. </s>
- Unseelie 16y ago
  So that no-one will seriously misread it as such, I'll explain that I meant threatening a family, rather than...family like perks.
rsheridan6 16y ago
>And we could threaten someone's family to show the counterpoint to that point. That's why a hell of a lot of people are working - if they don't work, their family would get to go live in a box on the sidewalk. That's another way of saying that workers are motivated by money, for a sizable fraction of workers.

j_baker 16y ago

Did I say that money provided no motivation at all? People perform better when they're doing what they love. At a very minimum, money is a terrible motivator when it's the only form of motivation a person has as the person I was responding to seemed to suggest. And for the record, nobody paid me to write that comment in the first place.

stonemetal 16y ago
That depends on how much money you have. If you are well taken care of then yeah money is a poor motivator. If you are in real need then money becomes quite the motivator(If only as a proxy for those other needs.) Most of the crime around the world is solely driven by the need to acquire wealth by means easier, quicker than legally possible. Crime seems to be doing quite well for itself even with the serious consequences for breaking the law.

btilly 16y ago

Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y and then get back to me on how good a motivator money is.

biot 16y ago
When I saw your link, I was fully expecting this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc -- also quite entertaining and informative.
- rchi 16y ago
  potential counter arguments can be found in daniel pink's interview at econtalk.org http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2010/08/daniel_pink_on.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2010/08/daniel_pink_on.html

JosefK 16y ago

Clearly you're more motivated to win an argument on the internet than to keep $1500. That would seem to belie your argument.