It didn't take long to get tired of listening.

The narrator comes off uppity as if speaking to children. She also uses accents that could be insulting to a number of nationalities. This is not a story book.

The book panders to a female audience when it should be gender neutral.

The book does not offer enough situational examples to support its arguments. It comes off rushed and mechanical. The writer seems to be more academic and has difficulty relating to real world situations. This is not to say that the ideas are wrong. The author just did a bad job communicating the ideas.

I recommend two other books instead of this. Leaders Eat Last and Work Rules.

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Great story but not clear what to do next...

Great story but it is not clear what to do next... I agree motivation is not something managers should provide but instead, they are accountable to create the environment where employees can develop themselves and therefore perform at their best...

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Good content for an alternative mindset

The content is good and provides background and justification for an alternative perspective on motivation, however the principals were not as fully developed as I would've liked. She repeats them enough but there are associations on how to change the negative to positive that could be made more directly, the reader is left to infer instead of learn directly.

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Interesting topic applicable to many life situations

Great practical application of motivational theory. However narrator was annoying particularly when she chose to assume the voice of a person in an example. Even used a fake "Asian" accent for an executive in a foreign firm. Pretty offensive. Still well worth the read

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One of a few books I'll have to read a few times

surprisingly a lot of valuable content that is very practical and will have to be studied a few times to extract most of the meaning.

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Great book for leaders or those who want to lead

This book has really helped me in my professional and personal life. I'm actually a professor and motivational speaker. This book has changed how I will provide services in both professional careers I have. I recommend this book.

Enlightening

Perfect Audible Book. I learned something and applied it to my everyday life, job and relationships. Nice short read without delving to deeply whilst remaining informative.

Excrement

This is a great book for leaders that want teammates that love what they do

Motivation is a skill

This book has taught me one of the greatest lessons I learned in life. It talks about our well-being as a fundamental state for our growth. It's state is developed from attending our fundamental psychological needs through the use of self control and practices like mindfulness, finding our purpose and fine the alignment of our values with our actions. A really graeat theory that I consider fundamental for the world today. thanks!

Just what I needed!

I have noticed these truths in the past but been unable to put my finger on it. I could see that trying to motivate people was more often harming their motivation. I could see why for sure. The ideas in this book is exactly what I was missing. This will be on o c the books that changed my life. Allen Z