A revised model of labour

Motivation = Payment + Meaning + Creation + Challenge + Ownership + Identity + Pride etc...

A lesson in motivation: important lesson backed by hard evidence  (Click to watch!)

What motivates us to work? Contrary to conventional wisdom, it isn't just money. But it's not exactly joy either. It seems that most of us thrive by making constant progress and feeling a sense of purpose. Behavioral economist Dan Ariely Bio presents two eye-opening experiments that reveal our unexpected and nuanced attitudes toward meaning in our work.

“We have very strong intuitions about all kinds of things — our own ability, how the economy works, how we should pay school teachers. But unless we start testing those intuitions, we’re not going to do better.”