Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details
|
More About the Author
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Summary: an important book that discusses an important topic. Everything is explained very well and laid out clearly. If you need to motivate people, whether that's employees, co-workers or even children, then you'll learn from this book.
Sometimes I wish Amazon would allow you to give a book half a star. Because, if I could, I'd rate this book 3.5 out of 5 rather than 3 stars.
It's a decent book that discusses an important topic - how and why people are motivated to do everything from the mundane to the marvelous.
The basic argument presented by Pink - which he bases upon proper research - is that for simple, 'boring' tasks, such as manual work, human beings respond to financial rewards. So, if you pay me £10 per hour to shovel coal, I'll work harder for you than if you only paid me £5 (all things being equal).
However, for more complex, professional managerial or 'white collar' activities, this model of pay and reward doesn't work. Indeed, it can be counter-productive and can damage motivation and productivity.
To learn why you should buy the book :)
The problem for me, is once you 'get' this main idea the book has few solid examples of how this theory has or could be applied.
Pink is a great writer. He has a talent for summarising the complex. He does this so well early on the book that I felt he had to keep repeating himself. Whilst I don't mind an argument being reinforced, this one is so obvious once you're exposed to it, that I felt the book had become padded out towards the end.
This is not to devalue the concepts presented. Absolutely not. I only wish more managers read this material and applied it. We'd all enjoy happier and more productive working lives if we did.
Although it's easy for me to be an 'armchair critic', I didn't enjoy this work from Pink as much as I'd expected.
Sometimes I wish Amazon would allow you to give a book half a star. Because, if I could, I'd rate this book 3.5 out of 5 rather than 3 stars.
It's a decent book that discusses an important topic - how and why people are motivated to do everything from the mundane to the marvelous.
The basic argument presented by Pink - which he bases upon proper research - is that for simple, 'boring' tasks, such as manual work, human beings respond to financial rewards. So, if you pay me £10 per hour to shovel coal, I'll work harder for you than if you only paid me £5 (all things being equal).
However, for more complex, professional managerial or 'white collar' activities, this model of pay and reward doesn't work. Indeed, it can be counter-productive and can damage motivation and productivity.
To learn why you should buy the book :)
The problem for me, is once you 'get' this main idea the book has few solid examples of how this theory has or could be applied.
Pink is a great writer. He has a talent for summarising the complex. He does this so well early on the book that I felt he had to keep repeating himself. Whilst I don't mind an argument being reinforced, this one is so obvious once you're exposed to it, that I felt the book had become padded out towards the end.
This is not to devalue the concepts presented. Absolutely not. I only wish more managers read this material and applied it. We'd all enjoy happier and more productive working lives if we did.
Although it's easy for me to be an 'armchair critic', I didn't enjoy this work from Pink as much as I'd expected.
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Is this a controversial statement to say that Daniel Pink writes as well as Malcolm Gladwell? Pink writes expressively and manages to find the human angle on everything, which makes research interesting and entertaining to read.
I was a tad disappointed because the book does promise 'the surprising truth about what motivates us' but actually the truth isn't that surprising at all. Pink's conclusions that a few key factors are really important for helping us to feel motivated aren't very surprising. But I enjoyed the journey and reading the book (despite knowing that the conclusions were what we suspected all along!)
I was a tad disappointed because the book does promise 'the surprising truth about what motivates us' but actually the truth isn't that surprising at all. Pink's conclusions that a few key factors are really important for helping us to feel motivated aren't very surprising. But I enjoyed the journey and reading the book (despite knowing that the conclusions were what we suspected all along!)
26 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The underlying theory of this book is that three ingredients make for a good and fulfilling life: autonomy, mastery and purpose. Pink produces an easy to read and compelling summary of the best research and literature on drive, motivation and happiness that will greatly enhance the understanding of the lay reader. There is also a toolkit designed to help you on your way, consisting of exercises such as running your own experiment to see what really makes you happy, deciding what 'your sentence' should be - i.e. one sentence that sums you up, or you hope will do in the future and a list of suggested further reading. All of it only makes the book more interactive and interesting. Thoroughly recommended.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Practical ways to achieve Flow
Drive is one of those rare books that manages to be both absorbing to read and practical to use. I enjoyed the stories and each subject was covered in enough detail to give... Read more
Published 15 days ago by Mark
A brilliant little read
I'd watched an RSA Animate video on Motivation and decided to check the book out. I thoroughly enjoyed it! Read more
Published 1 month ago by VictoriaB52
constantly refer back to this
Gives real insight, based on factual research, this is a really useful book for dispelling myths surrounding what motivates people, teams and groups. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Naomi Andersson
Brilliant!
This book was recommended to me by a friend and I wasn't disapppointed when I read it. It's an essential guide to the key aspects of Motivation for us as individuals and probably... Read more
Published 2 months ago by I. F. W. Hunt
Important relevant theory, short on ideas for action
A powerful case is made by Daniel Pink in this book for companies to get away from the expensive practice of managing others and the disempowering effect of incentives. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Chris Fox
If an hour is all the time you devote to motivation, this is the book...
In Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Daniel H. Pink attempts a Malcolm Gladwell meets the One Minute Manager (The One Minute Manager) approach to getting some... Read more
Published 5 months ago by AK
A 3 Star Book Promoted to 4 Stars
A three star book that discusses a very important topic from a new perspective, and hence promoted to four stars---despite its short comings, it's a must read. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Muhammad Ali Shah
Makes its point well, and has a few inspiring moments too
The florescent graphics on the cover were slightly suggestive to me that the substance of the book inside would be less impressive. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Pete
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
At last, if you've been overdosing on carrot and stick, Maslow's pyramid, Herzberg's hygiene factors and felt we needed something for the 21st century worker, then you've found the... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Paul Archer
A fresh look at the subject of motivation in the modern business world
I saw Dan Pink speak at a work conference some time ago and like that talk, "Drive" offers a fresh look at the modern workplace. Read more
Published 8 months ago by T. Salmond
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
