I read this book titled “Drive-The surprising truth about what motivates us” by Daniel H. Pink who is an author of the long running New York Times and BusinessWeek bestseller A Whole New Mind. He starting with recapping Harry F. Harlow’s research on primate behaviour that should have changed the world. His research failed to prove two main drives powered behaviour. The first drive was the biological drive that can explain why human or other animals ate or satisfy their hunger and thirst. The second drive was the rewards and punishments that can explain why people react based on their environment. Those two drives have failed to explain the monkeys’ behaviour that reacted and solved the puzzles even without any stimuli.
He then tried to explain that we should react and be driven not only by rewards and punishments or even just to fulfil our biological needs. He offers the third drive called ‘Type I’ which can be categorised in the following:
- Autonomy - our desire to be self directed
- Mastery - our urge to get better and better at what we do
- Purpose - our yearning to be part of something larger than ourselves
To be related with my own life, this book reminded me again about what is important in life and how we live our life. Going back to the reason and passion why I choose what I do now and rethink in what way I can be part of something greater that God has in store for me. It’s a revealing book that should be read with the right perspective.
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