Book Review - Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I generally like books substantiated by and based on the research. This one is. It explores human psychology in light of what motivates us as humans to do what we do. It refers to several psychological experiments done over the past decades.

Not surprisingly, it is not money (money is more of the "hygiene factor"). It is the purpose of what you do, the possibility to be better and better in what you do and the autonomy of your actions.

All of that is presented in a clear, structured and even entertaining manner. Many examples and some helping illustrations.

However, I missed the team / comradeship as one of the motivating factors.

I also found the explanation of purpose to be too "grandiose", missing the link to the ones the activity is directed to (your customers, your partner, your kids, your colleagues etc).

The last 1/3 of the book was too American chewed-and-overchewed DIY approach ("10 tips how to do it at work"). The first 1/3 is quite powerful though.