Quotes About Motivation

I weighed 193 pounds and had three chins. I couldn't get up before 9 a.m. and never saw patients before 10. I decided to go on a diet.

people seem to be more motivated by the thought of losing something than by the thought of gaining something of equal value.

The idea of potential loss plays a large role in human decision making. In fact, people seem to be more motivated by the thought of losing something than by the thought of gaining something of equal value.

what is more accessible in mind becomes more probable in action,

you're much more persistent when you're confident in your abilities.

The feeling of being in competition for scarce resources has powerfully motivating properties.

Psychologists have long understood the power of the consistency principle to direct human action.

revolutionaries are more likely to be those who have been given at least some taste of a better life.

to make it climb, make it rhyme. Within

One final tip before you get started: Set a goal and write it down. Whatever the goal, the important thing is that you set it, so you've got something for which to aim—and that you write it down. There is something magical about writing things down. So set a goal and write it down. When you reach that goal, set another and write that down. You'll be off and running.34

Lastly, these findings tell me that the answer to the question of whether, as a group, MDs are primarily patient-serving or self-serving is . . . yes. They are each, depending on their attentional focus at the time.

All this has important implications for rearing children. It suggests that we should never heavily bribe or threaten our children to do the things we want them truly to believe in.

extensive analysis requires more time, energy, and motivation. As a consequence, its impact on our decisions is limited by the rigor it requires. If we don't have the wherewithal (time, capacity, will) to think hard about a choice, we're unlikely to deliberate deeply.

Robert B. Cialdini

principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do.

According to the theory, whenever free choice is limited or threatened, the need to retain our freedoms makes us desire them (as well as the goods and services associated with them) significantly more than previously.

Social scientists have determined that we accept inner responsibility for a behavior when we think we have chosen to perform it in the absence of strong outside pressures.

A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor, we will be more successful if we provide a reason.

Desde que publiquei a primeira edição de O poder da persuasão, aconteceram algumas coisas que merecem

when we ask someone to do us a favor, we will be more successful if we provide a reason.

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Um princípio conhecido do comportamento humano afirma que, ao pedirmos um favor a alguém, teremos mais sucesso se fornecermos um motivo.

A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor, we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People

Those who don't know how to get people to say yes soon fall away; those who do, stay and flourish.