
How to Increase Intrinsic Motivation & Unleash your Inner Drive


Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives.
Daniel H. Pink • Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
In his book, Drive, Daniel Pink described a framework for what drives people and what motivates them: Autonomy: The desire to direct our own lives Mastery: The urge to become better at something that matters Purpose: The yearning to contribute and be part of a cause greater and more enduring than ourselves
Dan Mall • Design That Scales
In his book, Drive, Daniel Pink examines three elements of true motivation: mastery (the desire to continually improve at something that matters to us), autonomy (the desire to direct our lives), and purpose (the desire to do things in service of something larger than ourselves).186 According to Pink, it’s these three things that motivate people—no
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