Understanding the different types of motivation will help you make sense of why your focus on losing weight may make it hard ...

Whether you're choosing what show to watch or which job offer to accept, every choice we make involves either intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. And yes, this is true even if your big decision of the ...

Last week, my not-so-little brother celebrated his thirtieth birthday, and he proudly showed the gift he got from his girlfriend that morning — a shiny new guitar. Despite his reputation for ...

Dan Pink's 2009 TED Talk, "The Puzzle of Motivation," changed the way the world looked at extrinsic motivation — mainly that it doesn't work in most business models. Even though research proves this ...

According to data collected by the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, American students continue to slide down the international rankings, failing to break the top 20 ...

While I now understand that there are various ways to empower employees, when I first started my career, I thought money was the only way (or at least the best way). But after years of giving raises ...