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Drive

The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us

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A book that will change how you think and transform how you live.

Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people – at work, at school, at home. It is wrong. As Daniel H. Pink explains in his paradigm-shattering book Drive, the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today’s world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and the world. Along the way, he takes us to companies that are enlisting new approaches to motivation, and introduces us to the scientists and entrepreneurs who are pointing a bold way forward.

©2010 Daniel H Pink (P)2011 Canongate Career Success Motivation & Self-Improvement Personal Development Personal Success Career Motivation Inspiring Thought-Provoking Management Business Leadership
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Delivered by the author with a strident style, this book made me think about motivation and how I might apply some ideas in the workplace. There are some sweeping assertions in the book, and a few logical leaps, but the main points are well argued and compelling. Well worth a listen.

Good insight, makes you think

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A short book on how motivation for work has changed over time and what you can do to leverage that drive in your favour. Daniel Pink is a competent narrator and knows his subject matter, delivered in an easy going style. The book is structured so that the ideas that are introduced can be acted upon. There are some bullet point action lists, quick recaps of chapters and well stocked list on further reading books.

I enjoyed it and hope to test the section that applies to personal career development, bringing up intrinsically motivated kids and some further reading particularly Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

Why do I do what I do?

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What a great book. Well structured and read. The author is clearly passionate about the subject. Lots of great tips.

Excellent.

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Interesting book with plenty of food for thought. Given the hype this book gets within the agile community I was expecting more. Listening to annotated bibliography being read out was a challenge.

Interesting but possibly over-hyped book

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Definitely opens one's eyes to common beliefs and how they may have changed. I found the timeline a little difficult to follow as it moves very quickly through each methodology and idea. This is acknowledged by the author who recommends revisiting the book regularly.
Very useful action plan at the end.
Would recommend for business as well as for educators and parenting.

Definitely worth 6 hours of your time to read.

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