Love this type of post as I think (at scale) these kind of topics around mindset can have extremely high impact. Wanted to point out some good (and medium) resources that discuss this topic:
For point II: The Progress Principle talks about how taking the time to recognize progress—how far you’ve come due to your efforts has evidence for sustaining/increasing motivation (and morale) substantially. In my experience of managing people in the private sector, I can anecdotally attest.
Contrary to this post, I argue in my series on Rational Enlightenment that you don’t need anything to be motivated. And that you may be able to push through the largest obstacles you face, paradoxically, when you know that you don’t have to—when there’s no external (or self) coercion. In addition to this, I claim complete fulfilment/happiness areimmediately available. Yes, immediately 🙂
For point III around economic growth/inflation: Behavioral Economics and Prospect Theory from Daniel Kahneman lays out an explanation for this very nicely that basically shows how humans weight losses more heavily than an equally sized gain. So, it can make sense how a pay rise that matches inflation in prices hurts rather than feeling neutral.
Love this type of post as I think (at scale) these kind of topics around mindset can have extremely high impact. Wanted to point out some good (and medium) resources that discuss this topic:
For point II: The Progress Principle talks about how taking the time to recognize progress—how far you’ve come due to your efforts has evidence for sustaining/increasing motivation (and morale) substantially. In my experience of managing people in the private sector, I can anecdotally attest.
Contrary to this post, I argue in my series on Rational Enlightenment that you don’t need anything to be motivated. And that you may be able to push through the largest obstacles you face, paradoxically, when you know that you don’t have to—when there’s no external (or self) coercion. In addition to this, I claim complete fulfilment/happiness are immediately available. Yes, immediately 🙂
For point III around economic growth/inflation: Behavioral Economics and Prospect Theory from Daniel Kahneman lays out an explanation for this very nicely that basically shows how humans weight losses more heavily than an equally sized gain. So, it can make sense how a pay rise that matches inflation in prices hurts rather than feeling neutral.