Many years ago, I read the fantastic book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Dan Pink, and it changed the way I looked at motivation. Instead of thinking about the hundreds of ways I could motivate my people - give them more ownership? chances to belong? free time? cupcakes? - it helped me focus on three major things: A utonomy, M astery, and P urpose. Autonomy Pink argues that autonomy - the desire to be in charge of our own time - is a core driver of

The other day, I did some momming worthy of the Golden Globe for Best Parenting in a Comedy Series. My daughter had done something kind of stupid and impulsive and was mortified by her own behavior. My husband and I agreed that punishing her for what she did would just compound her embarrassment and shame, and so we decided to help her process her feelings instead. (And, of course, there was no screen time.) In that moment of parenting, I was intensely focused on the prese

I'm guessing you can relate. It's summer, and my kids are on vacation. They think I'm on vacation, too, and abandoning the computer is...

In his oldie-but-goodie 1995 book ‘Supermotivation’ , author Dean Spitzer describes 8 desires which drive our inner motivation. While...