There is a fork in the road between extrinsic motivation (salary, bonuses, benefits, retirement) and intrinsic motivation, and the empirical evidence shows intrinsic motivation matters much more for company performance and employee wellbeing.

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Speaker

Dan Ariely

Evidence Quote

“the reality is that there this fork in the road between extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation an intrinsic motivation is salary and bonuses and chairs and tables and health benefits and retirement benefits and all of those things that are called extrinsic motivation don't end up mattering so much”

Source

Dan Ariely — Why People Believe Irrational Things | Prof G Conversations— The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:32:20 PM

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