Under Construction - MHWA Retreat

Really interesting post, Charlie. It's kind of making me question myself too. I can 100% get why getting paid to do something is good motivation. For me though, when my list of things to do includes both work-related things and non-work-related things (mostly WDC stuff), it is most often the things that I'm not getting paid to do that are most likely to get done. I'm certainly using them as ways to procrastinate doing the paid tasks, but why? Why does it make sense in my head to do that? Why do I want to risk my job performance to write this response to your post? The reason is something I've never thought about, and reading your post, maybe it means I am more motivated by intrinsic rewards than by extrinsic rewards. Maybe it has something to do with rebellion or aversion to authority. I don't know, but your post showed me a unique perspective and prompted me to think deeper about my own motivations. Maybe for me to conquer procrastination, I should focus more on the intrinsic motivators for me to complete my tasks rather than the fact that I "need" to do them for my job.

Besides money and praise, are there other external rewards that motivate you to do work?

-Emily