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What motivates us at work?

  • Minos
  • May 21, 2010 at 9:45 PM
  • Minos
    • May 21, 2010 at 9:45 PM
    • #1

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    Amazing presentation about what motivates people at work.

    I like the bit where he uses examples of people working on free stuff in their free time just to get technically better, which is exactly what us modders do

  • Zyn
    • May 21, 2010 at 10:08 PM
    • #2

    Interesting, and the guy can draw too, heh.

  • -HP-
    • May 21, 2010 at 10:22 PM
    • #3
    Quote from Pericolos0

    cool, I saw this talk a while back without the animations

    seconded.

  • Warby
    • May 22, 2010 at 12:01 AM
    • #4

    wow nail to the head that is incredible

  • Duff-e
    • May 22, 2010 at 4:07 AM
    • #5

    [Blocked Image: http://www.marshu.com/articles/images-website/articles/presidents-on-us-paper-money/one-hundred-100-dollar-bill.jpg]

  • Mazy
    • May 22, 2010 at 10:07 AM
    • #6

    Hah, cool animation and great point, altho I'd dare say that it's a no-brainer

  • ⌐■_■
    • May 22, 2010 at 12:53 PM
    • #7

    yeah, very cool explaination but not exactly new (Maslow's hierarchy of needs anyone?). got to like the way it's brought to you though.

  • Bic-B@ll
    • May 22, 2010 at 1:26 PM
    • #8

    free food

  • Chavvo
    • May 22, 2010 at 7:26 PM
    • #9

    Off course is the cash!

    Would you work without food? - Yes!

    Would you work without a promotion? - Yes!

    Would you work without a pussy sexy chick as your boss? -Yes!

    Would you work without a salary? -Hell NO!

  • ⌐■_■
    • May 23, 2010 at 2:44 AM
    • #10
    Quote from Chavvo

    Off course is the cash!Would you work without food? - Yes!

    Would you work without a promotion? - Yes!

    Would you work without a pussy sexy chick as your boss? -Yes!

    Would you work without a salary? -Hell NO!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s ... y_of_needs

  • Chavvo
    • May 23, 2010 at 3:30 AM
    • #11
    Quote from n8braker

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s ... y_of_needs

    There is a stage on Maslow' irreal Theory (not going to talk about why it FAIL) that you are able to get without cash?

    Physiological: How you buy food/Water? How you pay a 20 bucks slut? Can you sleep well knowing you are without money to pay your bills?

    Tell me a stage that you dont need money to get it , even to have friends,family and self esteem you need money. It's all about money, unfortunatelly or not.

  • Erratic
    • May 23, 2010 at 3:45 AM
    • #12

    Academia being wowed by obvious shit, news at 11.

  • Duff-e
    • May 23, 2010 at 5:31 AM
    • #13

    Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is destined to find a home here soon enough:

    http://%7boption%7d

    Unfortunately it's still taught to college freshman everywhere and accepted because it gives a plausible answer to a bad question.

  • Minos
    • May 23, 2010 at 12:19 PM
    • #14

    It all comes down to age and life objects in my opinion. At my current age (and if I could choose) I'd rather make less but work on kickass and relevant projects, stuff that I could be proud of in the future, than to make a lot of money working on crap projects that everyone hates and be stuck on this shit forever. I'll leave the later to when I'm older, creatively worn out or have a family.

  • -HP-
    • May 23, 2010 at 12:23 PM
    • #15

    Best things in life are free!

    Key to happiness? Is doing what you love at work. Days will fly by, and you'll be rewarded accordingly, cos since you're working on what you love and you're passionate for the results are bound to be great!

    What motivates me is my short term goals AND long term goals. What makes me get up at morning are my long term goals what keeps my going are my short term ones. There's nothing more satisfying that going home at night with a nice feeling of accomplishment of a nice day of work. Fortunately, for me both those short/long term goals are in perfect coordination and both flowing along on the same tide.

    For those who didn't get the message of the video and started babbling how you wouldn't even be able to fart in life without money, that is not the point of this thread nor of that video!

    The point is, you don't start waving around a bill and get peoples motivation, money is NOT what drives us, it's our freedom and our satisfaction.

  • FrieChamp
    • May 23, 2010 at 2:00 PM
    • #16
    Quote

    ":2lquvsn6]For those who didn't get the message of the video and started babbling how you wouldn't even be able to fart in life without money, that is not the point of this thread nor of that video!The point is, you don't start waving around a bill and get peoples motivation, money is NOT what drives us, it's our freedom and our satisfaction.

    Agreed, money is not a need, in our economical system it's a necessary tool to fulfill many of our needs though. Maslow's theory claims that humans need to fulfill basic needs before they start to think about advanced needs. I know this theory has its flaws, but it strikes true to me, that once you have enough resources/money to sustain yourself, most of us won't continue to constantly have on our minds how to get more, but start to fulfill other needs and coming back to the original topic and video, according to scientific studies money isn't everything that drives people. And Chavvo I disagree with you, there are certain things in the world money can't buy

  • Skjalg
    • May 23, 2010 at 2:38 PM
    • #17
    Quote from Chavvo

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s ... y_of_needs

    There is a stage on Maslow' irreal Theory (not going to talk about why it FAIL) that you are able to get without cash?

    Physiological: How you buy food/Water? How you pay a 20 bucks slut? Can you sleep well knowing you are without money to pay your bills?

    Tell me a stage that you dont need money to get it , even to have friends,family and self esteem you need money. It's all about money, unfortunatelly or not.

    You're missing the point. The video is about what motives you after you get enough cash to sustain yourself and your family. You're absolutely right about money being the key motivator before you reach that point tho. But as soon as you get the feeling of security, the feeling you get when your steady income is greater than the steady outcome. THEN you start to think that your job could have been more fun.

  • ⌐■_■
    • May 23, 2010 at 2:58 PM
    • #18

    Skjalg beat me to it! and indirectly HP too

  • DaanO
    • May 24, 2010 at 2:35 PM
    • #19
    Quote

    ":2gktkt9s]Best things in life are free! Key to happiness? Is doing what you love at work. Days will fly by, and you'll be rewarded accordingly, cos since you're working on what you love and you're passionate for the results are bound to be great!

    What motivates me is my short term goals AND long term goals. What makes me get up at morning are my long term goals what keeps my going are my short term ones. There's nothing more satisfying that going home at night with a nice feeling of accomplishment of a nice day of work. Fortunately, for me both those short/long term goals are in perfect coordination and both flowing along on the same tide.

    For those who didn't get the message of the video and started babbling how you wouldn't even be able to fart in life without money, that is not the point of this thread nor of that video!

    The point is, you don't start waving around a bill and get peoples motivation, money is NOT what drives us, it's our freedom and our satisfaction.

    The video DID say that money is a motivator, just not the only one. He said that employers need to offer a minimal reward to get the worries about money off the table, even for cognitive, creative tasks.

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