External Rewards

I read an interesting article on how a program used external reward (money) to get people to lose weight. According to the article, the cash was shown to help people lose 9 lbs. on average. However, I think the last sentence in the article spoke the loudest. It explained that long-term results of external rewards don’t work once the external reward ends. The real key is learning internal motivation techniques.

I, Danny Pettry, highly recommend Daniel Pink’s book, Drive. It is a book about what really motivates people.


Check these three self-study continuing education courses at my site on the following topics:




• Motivation Techniques with Deci and Edward’s text.

• Consequences for using external rewards when teaching children with Kohn’s text.

• Pink’s Motivation Theory for change.



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http://www.dannypettry.com/Courses.htm

Here is a link for the article:

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/03/07/cash-can-bribe-dieters-to-lose-weight-study-finds/

I highly recommend Alfie Kohn's article on Health and Rewards. You can read it here:

http://www.alfiekohn.org/miscellaneous/healthrewards.htm