Dan Pink explains that the way to make people the happiest and most productive isn’t to motivate them extrinsically (e.g., throw piles of cash at them); rather, you need to work to increase their intrinsic motivation. Dan claims you can increase intrinsic motivation by giving people three things: autonomy, mastery, and purpose.
Another useful framework here is ikigai (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai). A way to think about aligning passion, value, skill, and work.
