LaPointe: 'That's not my job' reflects the brain's transactional reward system
Evan LaPointe · Improve strategy, influence, and decision-making by understanding your brain | Evan LaPointe · Aug 11, 2024 · at 8:41
Evan LaPointe, founder of CORE Sciences, discusses how the brain's reward system can narrow workplace motivation to strictly transactional boundaries.
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“So when you hear people say that's not my job, that's actually the reward system speaking, saying I get rewarded for the things in this list. And this thing that you're talking about is not on my reward list. And I therefore am not interested in it.”
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