What motivates us?

[Tormod]

Now this is one cool animation about motivation.

 

YouTube - RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

[freeztar]

Very cool! :thumbs_up

[Fatstep]

very cool, I tried searching a bit but came up with nothing worthwhile. Do you know any more vids by the author that are semi-relevant to science?

[ronthepon]

Awesome video!

 

I'd note that it's probably the pressure of the motivation that causes a kind of a block in the creative process of us humans.

 

I've been through countless math exams, where I find that the pressures of (1) time limit, (2) reward in high scores, (3) punishment in low scores, etc makes it extremely difficult to think of new approaches to solve problems. On the other hand, whenever you'd begin writing an exam with confidence that would arise from the knowledge that you will ace it, you get some great ideas during writing the exam.

 

You could say that the mind often doesn't do well under painful pressure.

[lawcat]

This is wonderfully done. I enjoyed the series of video, particularly the smile and die.

 

As a point of discussion, what motivates us is self interest, and under that rubric autonomy, mastery, and money play a role.