#22: Money does not motivate
Work bit 1: Almost 3 decades ago Frederick Herzberg argued that you cannot motivate someone else. This is how he explained it: “if you want your dog to move, kick him; and if you want him to move again, then kick him again.”
Work bit 2: Herzberg also argued that money does not motivate. It is the absence of money that demotivates. He said that money is like hygiene: its absence matters.
Work bit 3: Economists who study happiness agree with Herzberg. They believe that once you earn more than $20 000 per year, any extra money will bring only a brief smile.
Work bit 4: Art has adopted the factory assembly line. In China, painter-workers dab paint on the same patch of the same picture on as many as eight canvasses at a time. Customers may request any picture, even the Mona Lisa. I wonder, how much must you pay to see her smile?
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2007 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio, 88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA.
Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
Work bit 2: Herzberg also argued that money does not motivate. It is the absence of money that demotivates. He said that money is like hygiene: its absence matters.
Work bit 3: Economists who study happiness agree with Herzberg. They believe that once you earn more than $20 000 per year, any extra money will bring only a brief smile.
Work bit 4: Art has adopted the factory assembly line. In China, painter-workers dab paint on the same patch of the same picture on as many as eight canvasses at a time. Customers may request any picture, even the Mona Lisa. I wonder, how much must you pay to see her smile?
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2007 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio, 88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA.
Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
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