{"id":6291,"date":"2010-05-28T10:46:58","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T15:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crowdspring.wpengine.com\/?p=6291"},"modified":"2024-08-08T12:24:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T17:24:35","slug":"the-surprising-truth-about-what-motivates-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/the-surprising-truth-about-what-motivates-people\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surprising Truth About What Motivates People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<div class='header-cta' style='display:none'>\n  <span>Discover your unique leadership style.<\/span>\n  <a href='https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/leadership-style-quiz\/' class='btn btn-primary' target='_blank'>Unlock your potential with our free quiz!<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>I found this talk (and video) fascinating and wanted to share it with you. The speaker, Daniel Pink, authored four books about the changing world of work (two of the books &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Whole-New-Mind-Right-Brainers-Future\/dp\/1594481717\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1275061327&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Whole New Mind<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Drive-Surprising-Truth-About-Motivates\/dp\/1594488843\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1275061352&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drive<\/a> &#8211; are New York Times bestsellers). Dan recently spoke at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) about motivation and his latest book (Drive). RSA subsequently created a unique, visually rich video of the talk (below).<\/p>\n<p>This video is notable for several reasons. First, it&#8217;s remarkable for its creativity, using whiteboard animation. The visuals move fast but are easy to follow and nicely support the narrative. More importantly, the video reveals surprising truths about what motivates people.<\/p>\n<p>The video is just under 11 minutes long &#8211; and well worth your time to watch.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y1SDV8nxypE\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Are you surprised by what you heard in the video? Do you agree?<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"subscription-hero-snippet image-on-left\" style=\"background: #DA6D5A\"><div class=\"title centered\">Discover your leadership style.<\/div><div class=\"main-content\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.crowdspring.com\/marketing\/landing-page\/leadership-style-hero-560.png\" alt=\"illustration of different types of leaders\"\/><\/div><div class=\"form-wrapper\"><div class=\"subtitle\">Take our free quiz and find out what kind of leader you are. Get 15 actionable insights to make you a better leader and discover five iconic leaders who share your style.<\/div><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/leadership-style-quiz\/\">Start the quiz - completely confidential and free!<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested, here&#8217;s Dan&#8217;s talk from TED (last year):<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width: 854px;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/lang\/en\/dan_pink_the_puzzle_of_motivation\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/how-it-works\/?utm_source=csblog&utm_medium=entrepreneurship&utm_campaign=cta\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35262\" src=\"https:\/\/images.crowdspring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06164948\/startup-blog-master-cta.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover your unique leadership style. 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Discover your leadership style.Take our free quiz and find out what kind of leader you are. Get 15 actionable insights to make you a better leader and discover five iconic leaders who share your style.Start the quiz &#8211; completely confidential and free! If you&#8217;re interested, here&#8217;s Dan&#8217;s talk from TED (last year): \ufeff &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3156],"tags":[429,460],"class_list":["post-6291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrepreneurship","tag-leadership","tag-management"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Surprising Truth About What Motivates People - crowdspring Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Surprising Truth About What Motivates People - crowdspring Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover your unique leadership style. 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