BAD AT KEEPING SECRETS

BAD AT KEEPING SECRETS

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Internal vs External Motivation

Internal vs External Motivation

Why rewards don't work in the long term

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Carissa Potter
Apr 22, 2022
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I don’t know about you, but I was raised on positive feedback. And I feel really grateful for it. I do things so that I will get praise. I have no way to evaluate if something is good or bad beyond what other people tell me it is. This was the trend when I was young - we got gold stars for sharing, we got graded on a curve for us to evaluate ourselves w…

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