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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Audiobook (Unabridged)


Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Unabridged)
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Avg. Rating: 44 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 (2098 ratings)
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Audio Length: 5 hour 53 min
Release Date: 12/2/2009
Narrator: Daniel H. Pink
Format: Unabridged



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Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people--at work, at school, at home. It's wrong. As Daniel H. Pink explains in his new and paradigm-shattering book, the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today's world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.

Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does - and how that affects every aspect of our lives. He demonstrates that while the old-fashioned carrot-and-stick approach worked successfully in the 20th century, it's precisely the wrong way to motivate people for today's challenges. In Drive, he reveals the three elements of true motivation:

  • Autonomy - the desire to direct our own lives
  • Mastery - the urge to get better and better at something that matters
  • Purpose- the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves
  • Along the way, he takes us to companies that are enlisting new approaches to motivation and introduces us to the scientists and entrepreneurs who are pointing a bold way forward.

    Drive is bursting with big ideas-- the rare book that will change how you think and transform how you live.

    About the Author: Daniel H. Pink
     

    Though you may know Daniel H. Pink from the popular audiobooks Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future and Free Agent Nation: How America's New Independent Workers Are Transforming the Way We Live, Daniel H. Pink is actually one of the most renowned Business authors in our catalog. In total, we carry 4 audiobooks from Daniel H. Pink on AudioBookStore.com, with the latest Business title being: To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth about Moving Others. Free Agent Nation: How America's New Independent Workers Are Transforming the Way We Live was added to our catalog in 2001, making it the author's oldest audiobook available on our website, while Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us is the most popular and bestselling audiobook from Daniel H. Pink. Enjoy over 20 hours of audiobook listening from Daniel H. Pink, among the 4 audiobooks we have available. With such a wide variety of audiobooks, we know you're sure to enjoy Business books from Daniel H. Pink. Daniel H. Pink was born in The United States. For more audiobooks and information on Daniel H. Pink, please visit his page on AudiobookStore.com: Daniel H. Pink audiobooks.

    Reader Reviews for: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
    4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5  4 out of 5
    Review by Kimberly from Spanish Fork, UT | 6/29/2011

    A fascinating book. The ideas apply to business, parenting, teaching and many other situations.
    4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5  4 out of 5
    Review by Dante from The United States | 6/27/2011

    Not only do we work harder and longer at something we find internally satisfying, but adding a financial reward takes away any enjoyment we used to get from it. Beware monetizing your hobby! That insight alone is worth the read.
    3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5  3 out of 5
    Review by FATHOM+HATCH from New York, NY | 6/23/2011

    Great perspective on primary drivers of human motivation | Has ramifications for how companies should re-consider employee incentives and giving them more freedom.
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