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Learn How to Motivate People 🧐
Mario Peshev
February 24, 2024
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3 Ideas For Better Habits
The Complexity of Incentives
Behavioral economist, Dan Ariely, on the impact of incentives.
"To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based incentives can help.
But when the incentive level is very high, it can command too much attention and thereby distract the person’s mind with thoughts about the reward. This can create stress and ultimately reduce the level of performance."
Source: The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
The Sudden Shifts of Life
Journalist, Joan Didion, on life's fragility.
"Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant."
Source: The Year of Magical Thinking
The Critical Importance of Sleep
Sleep scientist, Matthew Walker, on sleep and health.
"The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life. The leading causes of disease and death in developed nations—diseases that are crippling health-care systems, such as heart disease, obesity, dementia, diabetes, and cancer—all have recognized causal links to a lack of sleep."
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