Andel’s Reviews > The Happiness Project > Status Update

I no longer felt drained; instead, I felt exhilarated. No more being confronted with my mistakes!

With extrinsic motivation, people act to win external rewards or avoid external punishment; with intrinsic motivation, people act for their own satisfaction. Studies show that if you reward people for doing an activity, they often stop doing it for fun; being paid turns it into “work." Parents, for example, are warned not to reward children for reading - they’re teaching kids to read for a reward, not for pleasure.