Sublime

Dan Pink’s three elements of intrinsic motivation: autonomy (quashed by constant juggling of requests and priorities from multiple teams), mastery (“jack of all trades, master of none”), and purpose (too many domains of responsibility).

Think about the sense of accomplishment locked inside each potential Highlight.

Pluralistic—Green paradigm13 The Achievement-Orange paradigm replaces Amber’s absolute truth of right and wrong with another standard: what works and what doesn’t. The Pluralistic-Green worldview holds that this idea is still too simplistic. There is more to life than success or failure. Pluralistic-Green is keenly aware of Orange’s shadow over peo

Type I behavior is fueled more by intrinsic desires than extrinsic ones. It concerns itself less with the external rewards to which an activity leads and more with the inherent satisfaction of the activity itself. At the center of Type X behavior is the second drive. At the center of Type I behavior is the third drive.

By focusing on work no one else was doing, they could create the knowledge, tools, and expertise to become the premier company in the world at presentations.

Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World’s Most Unusual Workplace BY RICARDO SEMLER

“As an emotional catalyst, wealth maximization lacks the power to fully mobilize human energies,”

something called “the endowment effect,” our tendency to undervalue things that aren’t ours and to overvalue things because we already own them.