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culture eats strategy for breakfast
phoebe
@phoebe
culture eats strategy for breakfast
There was a period in his career when Seth Rogen would feel terrible after watching a great movie. A writer, actor, and director himself, he’d burn with envy, measuring his writing, acting, and directing against the writing, acting, and directing of whatever brilliant thing he’d just watched. Then he’d go back to his own work and start twisting and
... See moreMoney prevents dissatisfaction.
It does not create motivation.
Once basic needs are met, money becomes:
• a signal
• a scoreboard
• a proxy for respect
But the thing that makes people show up energized is rarely the paycheck.
The real drivers:
1. Autonomy — “Let me own my thing.”
2. Mastery — “Let me get better at something meaningful.”
3. Purpose — “Let me