In his New York Times Bestseller, Drive, Daniel Pink extravagantly indicates to the readers,
“[Motivation 2.0’s assumption of working] is not inherently enjoyable- which is precisely why we must
coax people with external rewards and threaten them with outside punishment.” The author continues
further than this text by including this perception of working is the fundamental reason why “Motivation
2.0” is failing in the new coming generation. Firstly, how do I perceive human motivation? I believe there
is a motive or a simple goal towards every single act we reside in due to the fact that time is a valuable and
extremely limited resource. What’s the point? Why should we spend our limited time and resources
accomplishing this task? …show more content…
I could say that my motivation for going to college is to obtain a diploma in my field of
discipline so that I don’t have to worry about where I would sleep at night or whether or not if I will have
food on the dinner table. In addition, I could include that I also want to wheel in decent money in that
profession. Great! However, I must ask myself are these external rewards and materialistic benefits the lone
motivation for yearning to go to college or is it that I truly enjoy learning and want to participate in
something special? Daniel Pink declares, many employers would follow “Motivation 2.0” by rewarding
good behavior and punishing bad behavior in order to improve performance, increase productivity and
encourage excellence. As a result, people’s own personal drive to actively participate and fully contribute
was depleted due to the fact that they are not engaging in something they find interest in and are only
persuaded to continue by the mere momentarily satisfaction of external rewards. In past societies, most
human beings look toward financial and self-economic gains as the essential and lone motivation to
accomplish any task at hand even if it indicates having an algorithmic and unsatisfying job. This type of …show more content…
Moreover, these types of
occupation definitely indicate the dilemma that if we are not happy with our jobs and if our lone motivation
is to make enough money to get by the day, we wouldn’t bother or even dare improving these tasks at hand.
According to the American Research Company, Gallup, recent studies have shown 63% of full and part-
time workers are unhappy and not engaged with their jobs and another additional 24% are actively
disengaged. This means that out of the total workforce, only 13% of all full and part-time workers are
inspired and actively engaged. These figures are significantly terrifying in terms of evolvement and
sustainability. Consequently, through not actively engaging in our fields of interest, we are bound to not
improvise and innovate new ideas and creations due to the simple fact that we don’t find happiness in these
professions. In effect, it would definitely indicate that we are moving backwards in terms of technological
and economic success. By continuing in an algorithmic job where the lone motivation and drive is to make
money and social gains, we are not engaged in any heuristic type of thinking. I believe we must
“[Motivation 2.0’s assumption of working] is not inherently enjoyable- which is precisely why we must
coax people with external rewards and threaten them with outside punishment.” The author continues
further than this text by including this perception of working is the fundamental reason why “Motivation
2.0” is failing in the new coming generation. Firstly, how do I perceive human motivation? I believe there
is a motive or a simple goal towards every single act we reside in due to the fact that time is a valuable and
extremely limited resource. What’s the point? Why should we spend our limited time and resources
accomplishing this task? …show more content…
I could say that my motivation for going to college is to obtain a diploma in my field of
discipline so that I don’t have to worry about where I would sleep at night or whether or not if I will have
food on the dinner table. In addition, I could include that I also want to wheel in decent money in that
profession. Great! However, I must ask myself are these external rewards and materialistic benefits the lone
motivation for yearning to go to college or is it that I truly enjoy learning and want to participate in
something special? Daniel Pink declares, many employers would follow “Motivation 2.0” by rewarding
good behavior and punishing bad behavior in order to improve performance, increase productivity and
encourage excellence. As a result, people’s own personal drive to actively participate and fully contribute
was depleted due to the fact that they are not engaging in something they find interest in and are only
persuaded to continue by the mere momentarily satisfaction of external rewards. In past societies, most
human beings look toward financial and self-economic gains as the essential and lone motivation to
accomplish any task at hand even if it indicates having an algorithmic and unsatisfying job. This type of …show more content…
Moreover, these types of
occupation definitely indicate the dilemma that if we are not happy with our jobs and if our lone motivation
is to make enough money to get by the day, we wouldn’t bother or even dare improving these tasks at hand.
According to the American Research Company, Gallup, recent studies have shown 63% of full and part-
time workers are unhappy and not engaged with their jobs and another additional 24% are actively
disengaged. This means that out of the total workforce, only 13% of all full and part-time workers are
inspired and actively engaged. These figures are significantly terrifying in terms of evolvement and
sustainability. Consequently, through not actively engaging in our fields of interest, we are bound to not
improvise and innovate new ideas and creations due to the simple fact that we don’t find happiness in these
professions. In effect, it would definitely indicate that we are moving backwards in terms of technological
and economic success. By continuing in an algorithmic job where the lone motivation and drive is to make
money and social gains, we are not engaged in any heuristic type of thinking. I believe we must