Hello, it's Ruby and today I'm going to be talking to you about rewards and how these can actually be inhibiting the productivity and motivation in the long run.
So I know that this sounds paradoxical.
One thing which we are taught in school, something which is pretty much ingrained in our culture, is the idea that rewards are good.
Rewards can
Sustain motivation.
Rewards will keep you motivated.
So one of the study tips which I've seen thrown around quite a bit is the idea of leaving chocolates or jelly beans at some point in your book so that when you reach it, you get that as a reward.
But today I'm going to tell you a little bit about why this might not be the best way to structure study sessions and keep you motivated.
So I recently read a book called Drive by David H. Pink
This really got me thinking about motivation, and I went away and I did some research, I read some academic papers, I looked into some studies, and I was really shocked by what I found because I wasn't expecting to see this.
