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* Does Personal Gain Inspire?

Friday, February 13, 2009

Dan Ariely, a professor of behavioral economics at Duke, weighs in on the subject of motivation and inspiration in an editorial piece for the New York Times on November 20. He asks the timely question, “’What’s the Value of a Big Bonus?’” [1] Ariely presents research that suggests that Campbell’s postulate about inspiration (see posting of [...]

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* What is Inspiration?

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Ask any school kid …motivation is an offering of incentive to accomplish a task. He or she can be motivated, either with a carrot or a stick, to finish a paper or do extra work for extra credit.  Ask an office worker or an executive …he or she can be motivated by a bonus to perform more [...]

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