97 Entrepreneurship Part 14: Employing People

This episode is about employing people as an entrepreneur. Topics covered include:

• The destructive legacy of the reward and punishment paradigm from school
• Why pay isn't as important as you think
• The importance purpose, mastery and autonomy in motivation
• The problem with relying on interviews for hiring and alternative ways of finding great people
• The value of freelancers or independent contractors
• What employing people teaches you about taking responsibility for your side of a relationship and how it deepens your respect for individuality

Show Notes:

• Dan Pink Talk on Motivation
• Discipline Without Punishment by Dick Grote
• Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type by Isabel Briggs Myers