It took me five years to write my last book, which was a lot longer than it should have taken. The problem wasn’t that I didn’t know what to do, I did. I just didn’t do it. I wasn’t motivated. My book ...

Motivation is everywhere in education. We’re told to cultivate it, sustain it, and assess it as if learning couldn’t happen without it. It’s common to hear that students need to be supported, inspired ...

Traditional employee motivation strategies, like financial incentives, often yield only short-term results, failing to build lasting commitment. Leaders must instead cultivate self-driven extrinsic ...

Motivation often fades not from single failures, but from a habit of small surrenders, constantly seeking external validation. This psychological phenomenon, termed externalized regulation, undermines ...

Before you start reading on, I can assure you: this is not clickbait. Motivation really is a myth — and I’ll show you why. Let’s play a game of true or false. True or false? Each and every one of us ...