• Do they pay other people that do the same type of work you do? What about their competitors?
• Will I learn "enough" from this interaction that I can just call this a part of my education?
• Is it public work with my name on it or am I just saving them cash to do something tha...

‘If, then’ rewards or conditional rewards are when we promise to give something to an individual when they complete a certain task.

These rewards can have a negative impact on motivation as the employees lose the will to work on that task for the sake of working.

This is a way of life in Japan, where people work towards what they love doing, and do that with passion. Iki means life, and gai means ‘to be worthwhile’; loosely translated, Ikigai means the work, activity or hobby that gets an individual up in the morning.

It's...