The Motivation Code by Blinkist – Key Learnings:
• Explores the idea that humans are ‘hard-wired’ for motivation and explains the mechanics of motivation so readers can use this knowledge to maximize their performance.
• Discusses the research behind motivation and examines how different motivators, such as recognition, meaningfulness and autonomy, drive performance.
• Provides strategies and techniques to increase motivation and understand why certain activities can be so rewarding.
As a UX Designer, this book provides real insight into people's motivations and how to use them to improve their engagement with the product or service you are designing. It will also help you understand how to apply the principles to optimize the user experience.
Other books which may be of interest to you as a UX Designer include Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usabilityby Steve Krug and Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge.
🎀 Highlights
You’ll discover that what motivates your coworker or your boss, doesn’t necessarily motivate you. Just like every part of you, the motivations driving your behavior are utterly unique.
In our hectic world, most of us are so busy doing that we don't stop to think about why we’re doing what we do.
most people aren’t very good at understanding their own behavior.
gain recognition? Overcome challenges? Help other people?
we make up stories about why we behave as we do. This phenomenon is known as rationalization; rather than accepting that our behavior is irrational, we construct false, rational explanations instead.
discovering your motivational code.
You’ll discover that what motivates your coworker or your boss, doesn’t necessarily motivate you. Just like every part of you, the motivations driving your behavior are utterly unique.
In our hectic world, most of us are so busy doing that we don't stop to think about why we’re doing what we do.
most people aren’t very good at understanding their own behavior.
gain recognition? Overcome challenges? Help other people?
we make up stories about why we behave as we do. This phenomenon is known as rationalization; rather than accepting that our behavior is irrational, we construct false, rational explanations instead.
