#3. Rewards impair people’s internal motivators.

We have all tried rewards in life in order to improve people’s productivity or have been ourselves rewarded like this. But things usually do not work out that way: rewards only have a temporary effect and ultimately fail. What reason leads to the ultimate failure of rewards? Next, we will analyze...

Psychologist points out: rewards are the enemy of exploration. When people have rewards in front of them, they will not venture to take on more meaningful challenges because they feel safe in receiving rewards. They tend to do things that are likely to quickly succeed. Only by doing this can that...

Let us begin with a real-life example. In order to make George develop a good reading habit, his mother set up an incentive plan for him: he would receive two dollars every time he successfully finished a book. At first, George was very enthusiastic and devoted to reading. But after a while, Geor...

Rewards can heal or hurt. Make or break.

Rewards are good when you know how to give them.

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“If unconditional love and genuine enthusiasm are present, praise isn't necessary. If they're absent, praise won't help.”

Usually, people compete for tempting rewards, which causes envy and conflict. Such competition will surely do damage to relationships among people.

For example, a teacher might say, “if we keep behaving, we can have an ice cream party after school today.” Hearing this news, every student be...

Rewards are about solving the issue at hand quickly and would ignore the deep reason behind the issue.

When a child is unwilling to eat obediently, parents immediately use rewards: “Come and finish your dinner, and you can be rewarded with cartoons later.” By doing so, parents convey that t...