Daniel H. Pink Quotes

The object of rewards is to encourage; that of punishments, to prevent. If rewards are high, then what the ruler wants will be quickly effected; if punishments are heavy, what he does not want will be swiftly prevented.

Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.

This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion.

Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in changing behavior. But, at the same time, they can create an addiction to rewards and punishments.

Properly used, positive reinforcement is extremely powerful.

The basic idea that incentives can be used to motivate behavior is a powerful one. It works for employees, and it has a clear place in parenting, as anyone who has tried to potty-train a recalcitrant toddler with sticker rewards knows.

All we can do is apply the physical stimuli which we have at our disposal to bring about a change of mind in these recalcitrant persons. Of this you may be sure: we shall continue to operate on the Italian donkey at both ends, with a carrot and a stick.

What motivates most people to change their behavior is consequences. No consequences? No behavior modification.

Life needs penalties and rewards for people. You can't control people with only penalties. You have to think how to create rewards.

Two things rule the world -- reward and punishment.

You can get people to work by using threats or by promising rewards.

Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.

I think the negative reinforcement really helped me in my very beginnings.

Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome

Reinforcement is being right.

I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to give out prizes; it's amazing how it concentrates their minds.

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically reward it.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

We are human beings. We operate from wanting to be rewarded.

People don't change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so.

We have to stop rewarding bad behavior.

A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.

You've got to change incentives for good behavior as opposed to just disincentivizing bad behavior.

I found this deer toy that poops out candy. And so if I say, 'Cree, you have to go to bed right now. You will get a candy.' We've named the pooping deer 'Gus.'... He gets a jelly bean. And it works. Positive reinforcement is the way to go. I'm learning things like that which help me be a better parent.