The Happiness Equation
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The Importance of Internal Motivation
An old man offered to pay kids $1 for yelling at him on his porch. When he started making an extrinsic reward, a dollar figure, it completely flicked the switch. Once that external reward was all but gone, it wasn't worth it to them anymore. It's a good example of how extrinsic motivation is really nowhere near as effective as intrinsic motivation. You want to always be looking for that internal goal and not the external.
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