Daniel Pink: "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us"

Business and technology writer Daniel Pink discusses his book, "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us," presented by Harvard Book Store.
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This talk was taped on January 6, 2010.

[@manofgod6250]

I believe we become more passive and inert as we grow older because of the way the schooling system and our society is set up. As babies and infants we are figuring things out actively, but because of how school emphasizes sitting and learning things through our minds and not through our bodies, the emphasis is switched and we stay in our minds.

[@karelhrkal8753]

I think one factor is biological, learning when you are young and then applying those learned skills when you are older is a good strategy, so it was genetically selected for. On the other hand, you have teachers who get *annoyed* if you ask them what the stuff they are teaching is useful for. They certainly aren't helping.

[@DawnSTyler]

Yes, I agree that the movement away from movement that school installs in us as children is a huge contributor to sedentary lifestyle problem in adulthood. Seems like it should be obvious but somehow we are still missing it.

[@diegonayalazo]

Thanks for sharing

[@brandonbreunig6735]

How it happens: the creation and maintenance of the class structure beats the third drive out of you. Sometimes literally.

[@FernandoRodrigues-hx4ly]

O Drive realmente traz uma surpresa naquilo que se sabia entre os cientistas que estudam a motivacao no trabalho vale a pena acompanhar e perder algum tempo para entender esta surpresa sobre o que motiva as pessoas a fazer algo e o que e AUTONOMIA MESTRIA E PROPOSITO

[@celineryan9154]

Enjoying this book at the minute

[@tomislavsekovanic]

perfect of mind and control thank you daniel!!

[@winsomedewar2501]

Have to do an exam on this book awesome . I am driven to motivate myself with 3rd drive.

[@davin2002]

It's a bit strange, i have the book on my to-read list since in 2012 ( i was busy with S. Covey), at that time people did not talk about motivation at work; as we were still in recession, and people were afraid losing their jobs. I actually printed the Drive animation on A3, and stuck it to the wall at the entrance of our department; so people could see it leaving the office space, perhaps it would spark a conversation / ideas, but i was met with jokes and a lot of ehum and non-understanding. I am quite surprised that you have to write about it, as 8 years later i still meet with managers in C-level and higher still joking and handing me odd remarks about motivation - people still believe in high pay, stick and carrot, politics, fear, pressure and affirmations to be used even in IT ( where you need high cognitive skills). I guess it has to do , with the wave of criticism of this book, and C- level managers just reading the outlines, and not reading the book, or go to their ' i know it better' mentality. I wish you luck, with your exam.

[@faithyahwayo7658]

yes something that matters .....thank God someone said it ....

[@2000Books]

+faithyahway O Great stuff indeed. We had the pleasure of interviewing him for our channel as well and I talked to him in detail about Extrinsic v/s Intrinsic

[@angga142]

really enjoy the talk! great stuff, thank you Mr. Daniel

[@2000Books]

+Angga Prasetya Great stuff indeed. We had the pleasure of interviewing him for our channel as well.

[@carolyngray6875]

Not as good as A Whole New Mind. download mp3 version @ tinyurl . com \ oh48vu7 . delete spaces.

[@clio2155]

Thank you Daniel.

[@pixelseeker]

11:19 !! interesting phrase. i had heard another one "in like a lion and out like a lamb" 35:24 !! this exactly is happening to me at far less than 60

[@user-qq3bl6py3g]

Nothing anymore mostly just help other people but my life seems like more trouble than it’s worth. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. Everything have experienceexperienced tells me to expect nothing so I do.

[@downbntout]

Mr. Pink, sir, next time PLEASE repeat the questions.

[@greetforier2219]

Human resources text book in a fun way. Nice !

[@bayronantoniosanchez2242]

No hay traduccion a español?

[@PowderMonkey4Life]

Children becoming passive & inert, could it be public schooling? btw the 20% time, in this case, is known as the Pareto principle

[@marshall886]

He looks like spin doctor character off the episode on The Simpson's when Homer ran for mayor of Springfield.

[@howardtalon2255]

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[@lelandmisael2425]

@Howard Talon definitely, I have been watching on flixzone for months myself :D

[@maheshpatil5022]

Really enjoyed it.

[@joecurran2811]

34:22 ouch!

[@Spitfireseven]

I'm gonna meet you. I will!

[@_sonicfive]

there's an easy fix to that - let world war 3 unleash so our basic needs be our center of attention again and no one will talk again about autonomy or purpose again but about survival and trying to find out where our next meal is coming from. - the problem I am alluding to is that when we feel safe we tend to take things for granted and behave with a terrible sense of entitlement. suddenly we start talking about things like gender pronouns, what is politically correct, mental health, etc.

[@maxmarshall5995]

What frustrates me is this notion of how we work to live. I see people stressed out because they make a deal with the devil, they are not there because they want to be but because they have to and if they don't they lost security. The point of life from this perspective looks hopeless. All the schooling we do is one big lie because no one tells you this,you just have a vague notion the stuff you do has a value for helping get work someday. But I don't see this changing if anything HR is on the side of the boss, being about trying to keep coming up with new ways to get more out of people, for less to demonstrate their value.

[@JF_Auran_Music_OFC]

Have you heard of the venus project?

[@thekennethrocha]

Do you know what book is referenced at 46:30, regarding algorithmic work?

[@mamadoualimousow9001]

Thank you

[@yogee0007]

Is he giving any insight except renaming motivation to drive and classifying types of drive : ??...

[@QuyenNguyen-me7pp]

He looks like Bob Saget.

[@actualitymusic2398]

Quyen Nguyen A little yeah lol

[@reneelgunther834]

This is a poorly put together presentation. This could have been edited to show what is happening on the presentation screen. I feel like he feels superior to everyone and is talking down to everyone.

[@alladubrovinsky7571]

Don’t say this group without describing it it’s very hard to follow

[@tariqikramkhan]

He is so Cheap. "Cheap Seats", Degrading Call Centre Worker, Making fun of the person who participated to demonstrate 10 bucks incentive.....

[@JB-gt5ws]

I didn't get it as him making fun of anyone. I took it as him showing an example of intrinsic/extrinsic motivation..

[@bernios3446]

This guy is too much in love with himself. It bores me, nothing new I am hearing here.

[@LegerdesStijl]

just like u on ur negative comment posting ability.

[@onedayatatime.7573]

I find him very boring.