The progress principle
by Teresa Amabile · first published 2011
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2011–2022first – last mentioned
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Explains how to foster progress, shows how to remove obstacles, including meaningless tasks and toxic relationships that disrupt employees' work lives, and offers advice on enhancing employees' inner work life.
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For outstanding research on the meaning of progress in your work, take a look at "the progress principle" by Amabile and Kramer: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/142219857X/ Gist: yes, progress is essential to feel good about your work.
on “The Antidote to Burnout is Progress” ↗The Progress Principle by Teresa Amabile [1] It's one of the biggest longitudinal qualitative studies on work life and company succes. It has given me by far the most valuable insight into what really matters in building happy…
on “Ask HN: What is one book you would recommend everyone to read?” ↗Well props to you for truthfulness. I don't think anyone is rubbishing the PM personally. I was reading the Progress Principle today. It makes the point that setbacks have an outsized influence on one's mental makeup - much more than progress does. Check it out. What corruption leads to is a set of daily setbacks to individuals.…
on “History made in India: Govt agrees to anti-corruption bill” ↗…much on the rewards involved rather than the task itself - Instead of focusing on the reward, how can we motivate ourselves to care about the task at hand? 3 ways: Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose. - The progress principle: the most powerful motivator is making progress in meaningful work (even just the perception of doing so) - From The Progress Principle: "People’s inner work lives seemed to lift or drag depending on…
on “Ask HN: How do you motivate yourself?” ↗Interestingly that sounds like almost exactly the same points the book The Progress Principle brings up (which is based on one of the largest qualitative diary based research projects on company success.)
on “Employee happiness and business success are linked” ↗