Unit11+-+Motivation

=Unit 11 - Motivation=

Psychology Today article: "Latrell Sprewell + Pizza Hut < Intrinsic Motivation"
An interesting and rather amusing article related to motivation. More specifically, this article looks at intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation and the "overjustification effect" which we actually look at in units other than this one, but that's ok, it's still relevant. What do Latrell Sprewell and the Pizza Hut "Book It" program have in common?... You'll have to read to find out...

Mihaly **Csikszentmihalyi**: Creativity, fulfillment and **flow**
media type="youtube" key="fXIeFJCqsPs" height="340" width="560" I haven't had a chance to watch this whole thing yet, but if the idea of "flow" theory sounded interesting to you in the text, here is a clip of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (the creator of flow theory) talking about it.

Matt Foley - Motivational Speaker
media type="custom" key="5282485" Just for fun I thought I'd post one of my favorite skits. He certainly offers some motivation... just maybe not in the way he intended...