Pink identifies seven flaws of the carrot-and-stick approach: they can extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, crowd out good behavior, encourage cheating, shortcuts, and unethical behavior, become addictive, and foster short-term thinking.
“Extrinsic rewards and punishments can backfire and lead to the exact opposite of what they aim to achieve.”
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