What Drives Us to Work?

The New York Times’ best-selling author Daniel Pink says that what drives us to work are autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Image credit: Boonyachoat for iStockPhoto.

Future of Work Sherpa Dan Smolen interviews author Daniel Pink to discuss what drives us to work.

Daniel is The New York Times’ best-selling author of several books, including DRIVE: The Surprising Truth of What Motivates Us.

In good economies and bad, what drives us to work remains unchanged.

During the pandemic, millions in the American workforce adjusted to remote work. And a large share of them became part of The Great Resignation. Yet often, motivations drive us to work towards positive purpose and meaning.

Listen to interview HERE.

In this episode, we discuss how:

• Autonomy, mastery, and purpose motivations take root in our lives.
• Corporate managers often believe that money is the only work-performance motivator. (It isn’t.)
• The pandemic affects our thoughts.
• Answering “what is my sentence?” can aid your purpose and meaningful work career goals.
• Regret can help improve our lives and work.

What drives us to work is key to our success in the future of work.

Listen to interview HERE.