⚡ Personal Growth
The Power of Small Wins
Teresa Amabile, The Progress Principle (2011)
Synapse & Soul@synapse_and_soul•2 min read
Twelve Thousand Diary Entries1 / 3
Harvard researcher Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer asked knowledge workers to keep daily electronic diaries. Analysing about twelve thousand entries, they asked a simple question: what makes a good workday?
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Ordinary days hold the answers to big questions about motivation.
Progress Above All2 / 3
Of all the events that lifted people’s mood and motivation, the most powerful was making progress in meaningful work, even small progress. Setbacks had an even stronger effect in the other direction.
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Feeling that you moved forward today matters more than how far.
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