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

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Though the title feels less than compassionate (who wants to think of themselves as dummies?) the author, Steven Hickman, is keenly aware...

Achieving goals requires focus, energy, and willpower. But all of those are resources that can be easily depleted, and if you don't have the skills to renew them, you can be caught empty-handed when you most need some support. In their deeply enjoyable book Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success , the brilliant collection of authors lay out two things to consider as you're looking to make a change -- your motivation and your ability. That is, do you WANT to ch

Recommended reading for the self-help junkie in your life.